I was having trouble finding meaning, purpose, and enjoyment in music (also other art I do) and the process. I was trying in vain to truly "improve", but to improve at something, I now feel that it is necessary have a fundamental basis of understanding for what it means to partake in it. I hope that I can help someone else start on their way to finding meaning, purpose, and excitement in their work and creations through this, as this is only the beginning, but it feels like a good start for me.
It's been said to me many times that failure = success, you need to fail to succeed, or something along those lines. It's important to not just understand that we will fail, but what failure means to us in music production and art in general. We shouldn't avoid, say for instance, using a plugin because we don't know it well, or also maybe not expanding our horizons in terms of any type of change (genre, tempo, etc.). Failure coincides with change, and as an extension, creativity. I read this idea somewhere online: art is not the creation of something, but the destruction of sameness. To achieve art and make something different, you must work at something you don't know, are new to, aren't good at, are good at, etc. To create something different, you must fail, because the process of creating art is as imperfect as art itself, and failure is an imperfect, necessary part of improvement on the way to our perceptions of what success looks like.
Summary: Art = Failure (imperfection in the creative process and therefore also the outcome); the destruction of sameness.
Also, if the big bang theory is correct, then the creation of the universe was actually the destruction of sameness. The coming into existence and formation of the universe was and is art. Everything in the universe and the universe itself connects to how we are, and the art we create.
Submitted September 02, 2017 at 01:01PM by Carlbuba https://www.reddit.com/r/edmproduction/comments/6xmur2/failure_change_change_creativity_creativity_art/?utm_source=ifttt
Javier Rodriguez
Saturday, September 2, 2017