I've written a piece on Brian Eno (for @whitenoisecity) and what we can learn from his use of chance in the creative process http://whitenoise.city/articles/abandon-normal-instruments/ …pic.twitter.com/JF1edpliQY
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I need to read that. There's a lot to be said for striking that balance. The only things I've ever been happy with creatively are the ones that feel like they've fallen out of the sky and I've just dusted them and put them in a nice presentation case.
I don't think of myself as an artist (my aesthetic works are too deliberate and intentional and so I class them strictly as "design"), but my best creative insights have always been a mix of groundwork (research, lots of time reading/thinking about things) and 1/
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then just letting things bubble around without serious distractions (no computer, no phone, just walking around or bathing or whatever). The brain seems to piece things together best without conscious attempt, but there's got to be something in there to begin with.
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What I like about the Bacon interviews is that it's clear he's not after randomness for its own sake — it's not white noise. It's randomness added to his existing interests, re-processed through skills & judgment. Results are still resonant: https://artoferickuns.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/francis-bacon-three-studies-for-a-self-portrait.jpg …
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Makes sense. Laying the groundwork to encourage epiphanies, recognise them when they happen and have the skills to build upon them.
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