The Creative Habit, by Twyla Tharp

-Scratching is making ideas, big or small, and different methods that artists use to get started on their work.
As Tharp says, "Scratching can look like borrowing or appropriating, but it's an essential part of creativitiy."
-And in this reading it is all about different ways to get your creative juices flowing in your studio and outside. Where you can find your inspiration and what it takes to make your best piece of art without only sticking to one idea and not being able to let go of it.
- 3 methods she mentioned that sound like they would work for me were being in nature, planning before, and people watching.
- A warning that I need to look out for is the "mentors and heroes" one she pointed out. When I start to begin scratching I need to watch out for others solving my problems like what teachers would say to do or just other people in general. I need to find my own solutions and of course I can ask for suggestions but it needs to be purely my own tactics.