Christian Butler
Really, it can come from anything. It really just depends on whatever it is going on in my head and in my life at the time, specially regarding the many, various interests of mine and how all of that connects.
Sometimes it could be the emergence in mind of a specific image. Others, it might be the concept of some experience I’ve got in mind, some emotional journey or sensation. Whichever the case, whatever it is I “see” or experience, if it is of suitable interest and I feel there may in fact be something there substantial enough to carry what could become an entire narrative experience, I’ll go about the process of its development, the first step usually being the reverse-engineering of what that story might be in terms of providing context and meaning and purpose behind the eventual experience for the reader and audience of that initial inspiration.
Sometimes it could be the emergence in mind of a specific image. Others, it might be the concept of some experience I’ve got in mind, some emotional journey or sensation. Whichever the case, whatever it is I “see” or experience, if it is of suitable interest and I feel there may in fact be something there substantial enough to carry what could become an entire narrative experience, I’ll go about the process of its development, the first step usually being the reverse-engineering of what that story might be in terms of providing context and meaning and purpose behind the eventual experience for the reader and audience of that initial inspiration.
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