First, Whitehead
developed his ideas as he wrote his books; he
developed his ideas even
during the writing of his major work,
Process and Reality, exhibiting his view that reality is a
creative advance into novelty.
After the event he noted, «perhaps I feel happiest when,
during the
creative process, I simply let work «pour out», so to speak, without critical intervention or editing»; he also noted that this series was «unadulterated automatism».4 Black ink was used in the initial stages of the suite, and as it
developed he introduced coloured inks, and sometimes gouache.