According to Twila Tharp, scratching is looking everywhere for inspiration. People can get ideas from looking at almost anything. Tharp suggests gathering ideas from a variety of different sources. She gets a large amount of ideas by looking at other dancers. She then experiments and makes other people's ideas her own.
Knowing your work in the studio, what methods, techniques, or tricks can you see yourself using from Ms.Tharp's suggestions?
I can see myself using Tharp's suggestions to make my ideas flow more freely. Sometimes I am too focused on the final product and not the initial idea. With Tharp's suggestions to gather ideas from my surroundings, I will spend more time digging through ideas and experimenting with different materials.
She's talking about dance. What would scratching look like in the studio?
For visual artists, scratching can take many forms. Scratching can be visiting another artist's studio to see how they work, or an art gallery to see the products of another artist's scratching. Scratching is finding inspiration, and since visual art can take any form, scratching can too.
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