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the creative process Bart de Paepe, the proprietor of Sloow Tapes, recenly interviewed Chris and I for a profile of Number None that will appear somewhere, in some form, at some point in the future. I'm not sure that this bit where I talk about "the creative process" will make it into the profile or not, but I was proud of it, so I thought I'd post it here: "I’d never experienced learning an instrument as a child or a teenager and so the first time I started making music in any systematic way was in my late twenties, which seems relatively late to get started. I had a few advantages, though: and probably preeminent among them was a world-view in which I understand the 'creative process' as more or less a process of continual problem-solving, experimenting, hacking, and learning. This made it easier for me to embark upon a process with a lot of 'failure' involved. I don’t mind trying and failing—trying and failing is sort of what 'creativity,' for me, is about. Making something that I’m proud of, that 'succeeds,' is really just an occasional side-benefit." Labels: creative_process

Thursday, February 09, 2006 2:10 PM   Comments: Post a Comment