On Mon, 20 Dec 2010, Chris McCormick wrote:
Ah, sorry for the confusion. I meant it to say that sometimes constraining yourself, as with following the rules for writing haiku, can help creativity. For some artists, there is nothing scarier than a page with no words on it, or a canvas with no paint (or objects) on it. If you start with some rules about what you are allowed to put on the canvas, this can paradoxically enhance your creativity.
It's about making choices. Before an artwork is started, that artwork could be anything. Somehow the artist has to start with something in particular (can't go in all directions at once !). Elements that help define the artwork may additive (you put a box that suggests another box...) or subtractive (you state a rule that filters out some possibilities, or you set some kind of goal).
Well, that's how I see it... at this moment. _______________________________________________________________________ | Mathieu Bouchard ---- tél: +1.514.383.3801 ---- Villeray, Montréal, QC
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