Sunday, August 20, 2006
My Studio Practices
1. Imagination is more important than knowledge
But the more knowledge you have the more imaginative you are able to be.
2. Work makes more work
Work is a generative process centered around action. Action produces things. Waiting around hoping for that perfect genius idea to fall in your lap like the blessings of angels is generally a waste of time. With a tight deadline creeping up on you, you can apply the shortcut of brainstorming ideas, sometimes with great success. I've found I can do this better now with some experience under my belt. But as a process I find it utterly miserable - you feel like a production line, vomiting ideas on demand. Ideas are nothing without action. The process of making something will ultimately impose its own rules on the outcome of that thing.
3. Be the Fool
Avoid dependance on old strategies. Create problems for yourself and others. Do not have attachments to labels or expectations - these are only old tricks of a mind that resists change. Change is vitality. Vitality creates an art that lives.
4. 'Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity.' - Albert Einstein's Rules of Work
5. Never hesitate to chuck shit out the window and start all over
Learn to let go, let go, let go. There WILL be other ideas.
But the more knowledge you have the more imaginative you are able to be.
2. Work makes more work
Work is a generative process centered around action. Action produces things. Waiting around hoping for that perfect genius idea to fall in your lap like the blessings of angels is generally a waste of time. With a tight deadline creeping up on you, you can apply the shortcut of brainstorming ideas, sometimes with great success. I've found I can do this better now with some experience under my belt. But as a process I find it utterly miserable - you feel like a production line, vomiting ideas on demand. Ideas are nothing without action. The process of making something will ultimately impose its own rules on the outcome of that thing.
3. Be the Fool
Avoid dependance on old strategies. Create problems for yourself and others. Do not have attachments to labels or expectations - these are only old tricks of a mind that resists change. Change is vitality. Vitality creates an art that lives.
4. 'Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity.' - Albert Einstein's Rules of Work
5. Never hesitate to chuck shit out the window and start all over
Learn to let go, let go, let go. There WILL be other ideas.
Labels: art
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