(unlike art, where you *always* remember the triggers and process for each individual piece)

Really? That's interesting. Being a non-arty person, I've never experienced that. Although maybe a bit, with music. Hmm.

Yeah. Maybe not every brushstroke, but I suppose unlike writing it's tied in with physical memory - you were doing this, you were making this brushstroke, this is where you smeared it with the side of your sleeve and then found it looked *so* much better, and so on.

Original stuff? Still has to look good and fit. Plus be hemmed and so on, make sure it moves right and doesn't dig into you. You get the picture in your head, you adapt it as you find out what works, but it's still going to have to follow the rules of fit and form.