Before he died poet John Ashbery compared his work to tailoring, and told why a poem, like clothing, needs to be “slightly off”.
Read Morebrian eno on surrendering, noticing, imperfection
(Video link here.) This video of artist and musician Brian Eno is full of interesting ideas about the creative process. The best, to us, is right up front in the first 1:44 minutes: I think one of the things art offers you is the chance to surrender, the chance to not be in control…
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via Happy Mundane via You Have Been Here via Apartment Therapy
Read Morereal life is messy
Periodically we like to feature the messy workspaces of artists as a reminder that being creative often means making a mess…We see it as an antidote to the shelter-magazine vision of a nice neat life that has infiltrated our heads over the years. To take the idea a step further, we thought it would be…
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