Beautifully expressed. My work in the realm of sculpture has shown me how more primitive, less ‘optimized’ tools are often the most conducive to creativity, flow, and skill development. The grind is so antithetical to art-making, and I worry that our social and economic trends will eventually abandon any arts that require capital and overhead to practice.
It’s also a pleasure to see the word ‘invention’ applied here - I’ve been musing lately about what it means that we’ve largely abandoned the word in favour of ‘innovation’. We’ve given up on the idea that there’s anything left to discover, and that contributes to the pervasive sense of meaninglessness.
Beautifully expressed. My work in the realm of sculpture has shown me how more primitive, less ‘optimized’ tools are often the most conducive to creativity, flow, and skill development. The grind is so antithetical to art-making, and I worry that our social and economic trends will eventually abandon any arts that require capital and overhead to practice.
It’s also a pleasure to see the word ‘invention’ applied here - I’ve been musing lately about what it means that we’ve largely abandoned the word in favour of ‘innovation’. We’ve given up on the idea that there’s anything left to discover, and that contributes to the pervasive sense of meaninglessness.