The phrase "artistic gears" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the mechanisms or processes involved in artistic creation or expression.
Example: "As the artist worked on her painting, the artistic gears in her mind began to turn, inspiring her to explore new techniques."
Alternatives: "creative mechanisms" or "artistic machinery".
One of the noteworthy things about "Hitchcock" is that it illustrates how Hitchcock's decision to work in a pulp vein was, above all, a change in artistic gears — as well as one that he thought through to its very release in order to make his investment good and turn the movie into a hit.
Another shift in artistic gears may be found with painter Mark Tansey whose father, Richard G. Tansey, is an art historian, one of the co-authors of the standard college art history text, Gardner's Art Through the Ages.
Not many new cycles are so well written for the voice, and the assurance this music seemed to give him — showing, in effect, who he was — pushed him into even higher artistic gear.
By the dawn of the Nineties, a loud mob of artistic surfers, gear heads and rockers were waving torches, ready to rumble.
Instead of exclamations of 'What a deal!' new customers are being wooed with artistic card designs geared to evoke appreciation of how these new cards are 'Cool'.
Some crowdfunding platforms such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo are geared toward artistic, business and charity endeavors.
Now it resembles a speeded-up east London, moving rapidly through the gears of dereliction, artistic renewal, entrepreneurial action, rising prices and gentrification.
He speaks compellingly about the economic trials, tribulations, and triumphs of POW! WOW!'s past, then shifts gears to contemplate artistic integrity, the joys of travel, or theorise about next great art capital of the world.
He speaks compellingly about the economic trials, tribulations, and triumphs of POW! WOW!'s past, then shifts gears to contemplate artistic integrity, the joys of travel, or theorize about next great art capital of the world.
And then, like their parents and grandparents before them, Mr. Allan and his sister, Robin Joy Allan, the Gateway's artistic director, kick into high gear, rounding up actors in casting calls in Manhattan two weeks before the company's three-week rehearsals begin.
But this is a misreading of American cultural diplomacy, which consists of a variety of artistic and educational programs often geared toward reaching underserved populations.
