Lessons of today
BruceMauDesign learns us in an incomplete manifesto some interested views.
In 43 statements we get a better insight in one might just call ‘the creative mind’. I’ve selected the most appealing ones, at least to my mind, feel free to pick your own or add some extended knowledge to the list. Have a look at the incomplete manifesto. One day I’ll write my own manifesto(s). “Write your own manifestos” couled easily be number 44.
4. Love your experiments (as you would an ugly child). Joy is the engine of growth. Take the long view and allow yourself the fun of failure every day.
7. Study. A studio is a place of study. Use the necessity of production as an excuse to study. Everyone will benefit.
18. Stay up late. Strange things happen when you’ve gone too far, been up too long, worked too hard, and you’re separated from the rest of the world.
21. Repeat yourself. If you like it, do it again. If you don’t like it, do it again.
24. Avoid software. The problem with software is that everyone has it.
25. Don’t clean your desk. You might find something in the morning that you can’t see tonight.
39. Coffee breaks, cab rides, green rooms. Real growth often happens outside of where we intend it to. Hans Ulrich Obrist once organized a science and art conference with all of the infrastructure of a conference - the parties, chats, lunches, airport arrivals - but with no actual conference. Apparently it was hugely successful and spawned many ongoing collaborations.
42. Remember. Without memory, innovation is merely novelty. History gives growth a direction.
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i agree with all of the above. I also like:
8. Drift. Allow yourself to wander aimlessly. Explore adjacencies. Lack judgment. Postpone criticism >>>> BE IN THE ZONE
9. Begin anywhere. John Cage tells us that not knowing where to begin is a common form of paralysis. His advice: begin anywhere.
12. Keep moving. The market and its operations have a tendency to reinforce success. Resist it. Allow failure and migration to be part of your practice.
Deze stond er al in, maar ff bijvullen:
18. Stay up late. Strange things happen when you’ve gone too far, been up too long, worked too hard, and you’re separated from the rest of the world.
(Stay up late / Get up really early) Stay up longtime:
>>>> Try the 36 hour method…. IS NICE !!!!!!!!!! TRIP !!!!!!! FLASH !!!!
29. Think with your mind. Forget technology. Creativity is not device-dependent.
36. Scat. When you forget the words, do what Ella did: make up something else … but not words.
41. Laugh. People visiting the studio often comment on how much we laugh. Since I’ve become aware of this, I use it as a barometer of how comfortably we are expressing ourselves.
Comment by =vic= — August 4, 2006 @ 3:44 am