How do we make a perfect moment last? Prevent its unraveling? Artwork of every kind does that. Like that first time you hear the Ode to Joy in Beethoven’s ninth. He captured “joy” in a series of notes, and builds it into a soaring commentary on the best of human existence. And all we need to do is hit play, again, to tap into that. It’s one of the reasons I bring a sketch pad with me wherever I go. If there’s a moment that needs capturing, nothing does it for me like pencil on paper. And I can revisit the feeling every time I open my sketchbook.
How do we make a perfect moment last? Prevent its unraveling? Artwork of every kind does that. Like that first time you hear the Ode to Joy in Beethoven’s ninth. He captured “joy” in a series of notes, and builds it into a soaring commentary on the best of human existence. And all we need to do is hit play, again, to tap into that. It’s one of the reasons I bring a sketch pad with me wherever I go. If there’s a moment that needs capturing, nothing does it for me like pencil on paper. And I can revisit the feeling every time I open my sketchbook.