The long line
There is freedom in creative play. But I’m realising being playful can sometimes be difficult. I’m exploring these new tangents. Entering uncharted waters. Cautiously dipping the toe in…
What starts to kill off play is when I start being critical of what I’m doing. Where is this going? Is this absurd? No one will understand. I’m wasting materials. No one will buy my work. I’ll end up a poor misunderstood artist making art no one ‘gets’…
Yes, these thoughts unfortunately drift in my mind from time to time.
After coming across Zander’s talk on TEDS I decided to read one of his books. He mentions in one story the secret Rule No 6: “don’t take yourself so g-damn seriously.” Hmm… perhaps a remedy to anti-play? Which is serendipitously, 5IGN for the week.
