Maryann expressed it very well.
Taking also her lead about the original question, I do it both ways. Sometimes I start with a form because I want to learn to use it well and amazing things can happen as one constructs.
Sometimes I start with a word or a phrase or an unarticulated thought and as I fiddle the form asserts itself. However I am not very good at going from one form to another once I am underway.
It is like how I cook. Sometimes I say, "well, what have I got in the fridge and on the shelves and what delicious meal can I make from that?" And sometimes I open a cookbook and read this great recipe that literally demands that I go shopping for the ingredients. We hope to dine well in either case.
And sometimes I burn the beans.
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