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Composers as Gardeners
What Eno likes about 77 Million Paintings is that he has no idea what will appear on screen, nor what aesthetic effects will be produced. "That's pretty interesting. But what interests me more is the way people experience them. My shows are not narratives. Nothing much happens yet people come and stay for hours in a contemplative state. I thought, ... See more
Stuart Jeffries • Surrender. It's Brian Eno
- Sculpting vs. gardening
If the raw material for creative work becomes sequences and intuition instead of rules , essences , and processes, how you do your work is going to look significantly different. It will look more like gardening as opposed to sculpting .
In a pre-AI world, creative work was similar to sculpting. Whether you were coding or writ
... See moreDan Shipper • Five New Thinking Styles for Working With Thinking Machines
"Doesn't it strike you as interesting that we are in the second decade of the 21st century and a lot of the most interesting music is still being made by people playing very primitive instruments like electric guitars and drums.
I mean, what is a drum kit? It could be a bunch of old chairs or cans or anything. It's really quite an arbitrary bunch of... See more
I mean, what is a drum kit? It could be a bunch of old chairs or cans or anything. It's really quite an arbitrary bunch of... See more
Yancey Strickler’s Nine Creative Meditations
To me or to the mean - Focus on what makes your work strange or unique rather than trying to fit in with what everyone else is doing.
You are your audience - Create work that satisfies your own desires and interests rather than trying to please an imagined mass audience.
Small is more rewarding than big - V