EMBRACING THE CONSTRAINTS
Creativity has always happened best within constraints. In fact, creativity has often been a response to constraints, not much more, really, than problem solving. For the artist, a lack of constraints would be paralyzing. When I teach my students to not only embrace their constraints, but to pursue them, by choosing only one lens, only one subject or theme, they find it immediately liberating, and their work becomes more creative.
Most of us do not have to create constraints; we all live and create with enough limitations. Not enough money. Not enough time. Not tall enough. Not smart enough. But there’s a fine line between a constraint and an excuse, though often the only difference between them is perspective, and how ...
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