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D.Ork Bimboolean
Aug 26, 2016

sebmojo posted:

I've done a crapload of professional theatre and music and my experience is that the best way to make art is to get someone else to give you a deadline.

Its not so much the deadline itself by the constraint that defines a structure for you. The human mind curls back on itself in a tight ball of familiarity and conservatism when confronted with boundless freedom.

Or to put it more pretentiousness, to think outside the box, you must first be intimate with the shape, size, and texture of the box before you can truly understand what being beyond it feels like.

When you are attempting to produce art, your brain doesn't work in a contextless void. All the experiences, ingrained methods, assumptions, expectations, all of that becomes mental pigment that sloshes together chaotically.

Also, if you ever feel yourself funked and frustrated, naps are golden. Give your brain some time to get its poo poo together and you'll be shocked how productive it will let you be.

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