THE CREATIVE PROCESS:

Inside and Outside:

In all works of art, there is a ratio  between the external world of appearances, and the inner world of experience. The composition to the right was made from a monoprint and stencils to represent an inner experience rather than to duplicate  the actual appearances of things in the  visible world.  In all art, there is a ration between that which is felt within oneself, and that which is experienced outside of oneself.

Kate Reynolds,"Duplicity," 15"x12" monpirnt with stenciling, 2001.

In contrast, I relied heavily on what I saw external to myself in the self-portraits below.  But even in these images, based on my outer appearance, an inner dimension of my identity  is evident.  In art, there is always a ratio between what is felt and what is seen.

Self-Portrait, done in grad school, 1982
Done for a self-portrait unit, stenciling and paper collage, at Seoul Foreign School, 2012
Painted for a self-portrait unitI taught at Pacific Collegiate School, Santa Cruz, 2016

Creativity

Stenciled self-portrait unit, International School of Prague, 2002

Creativity is a form of growth that integrates what is known outside of oneself with what is known inside of oneself; for each dimension reflects the other.