TIME the Science of Creativity by The Editors of TIME

Author:The Editors of TIME
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Liberty Street
Published: 2015-07-24T20:30:00+00:00

Inside the Creative Space

Where some great artists and writers communed with the muse

BY RICHARD JEROME

Alexander Calder in his rural Roxbury, Conn., studio. The sculptor moved there in 1933 and converted the ice house behind his home into a workshop, which allowed in breezes that kept his signature mobiles twirling.

“An artist’s studio should be a small space because small rooms discipline the mind and large ones distract it,” Leonardo da Vinci once said. It’s hard to argue with the supreme Renaissance genius; still, contemporary British artist David Hockney might beg to differ: vibrant and productive at 81, he works out of an airy converted paddle-tennis court. The dichotomy shouldn’t be surprising. Historically, creative spaces have varied according to their occupants’ unique personalities—and idiosyncrasies. Think of your own ideal work environment. Where do you feel free to let your imagination run wild—yet also focus on the task at hand, whether it’s painting, writing, solving math theorems or making out the monthly bills? You may thrive in a spare, tidy setting—or else (like this writer) amid piles of books, papers and empty coffee cups. Some of us demand solitude, shielded from humanity’s hubbub, somewhere in nature, perhaps. Some find stillness insufferable, can’t bear the chirps of crickets or birds, and produce best amid the urban din. J.K. Rowling famously wrote her early Harry Potter novels at Elephant House and Nicholson’s, two Edinburgh cafés.

The following pages offer a glimpse into some world-class creative spaces, each one as distinctive as the creators themselves.

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