My work is utterly incomprehensible and is therefore full of significance.

Welcome to Ethereal,

My name is Coulter Johnson and I'm currently a student at Vancouver Film School.  This is my first time working with any sort of blog, much less one regarding my own creative process.  So to be honest I'm not entirely sure where its going to go or what its going to be about.  I suppose I should start with a quote from my favorite comic from when I was a kid, 'Calvin and Hobbes.'

"As my artist's statement explains, my work is utterly incomprehensible and is therefore full of significance."
 -Calvin

To kick off this this blog about my creative process, I've decided to show you how I generally get the inspiration to start on any one project.  I like to let ideas come to me, so to accomplish this I choose take some time to relax, listen to music, and just think.  Music to me is a driving force in my creative process as a back round. I tend to listen to music with a mellow vibe that doesn't come off as abrasive in the early stages of any creative work.  The type or style of the music doesn't really matter at this stage of the creative process.

Most of the music I listen to while starting to work on a project instrumental  With words flowing through your thoughts is can be hard for you to conceptualize the ideas you've thought of because the lyrics detract from the words flowing through your head.  I'll leave you with a couple of examples.  The first is an acoustic version of a song from a metal band named Baroness.  The song is called 'Stretchmarker.'

A Message From John / Stretchmarker Video