Perhaps thanks, in part, to all these reality talent TV driven shows, it seems we now have the complete rise of the formula driven artistic creative. (We can talk about the "AI" propped up artistic creative intelligent genuises another time).
Had a very brief discussion with my second hand bookshop chap last week. (You know the chats, the discussions between the many very important things you've got to do, always to brief as you have to fly off to some structured meeting you never remember again ever anyway). He raised some very pertinent issues. coupled with my own acquired, limited yes, understanding of life. A potjiekos of volitile diatribe, a mengelmoes of thought. With him adding the potatoes, me trying to throw in some miff ol spices.
I feel the above needs to simply be aired and artistic creatives should also explore the concept of breaking out of this tick box, paint by numbers, formula driven creative design approach to everything currently being attempted in the arts. Its really killing the very essence of artistic creative spontaneous combustion and the artistic designs never before seen creative ethos.
A scientific mind is not always an artistic mind, when science dominates the arts you have science and not art. The 2 are linked on levels but to my mind the 2 are not really the same. "Thanky goodness for that." the greatest thing about a real artist is they can never technically create the same work twice. That's raw art - science will perhaps try seek to keep cloning itself - art does not - and should never ever really. Being technically correct is the objective of the engineering mind. We all know most engineers would but concrete block dresses on runway models. Practical but bland.
In the past - in the music industry for example, it wasn't always the incredible voice that was the reason why a musician was successful. Now its all about the voice. many 70's and 80,s musical artists would have been hoofed straight off these viscious little talent singing talent finding shows. Hoofed off by the appointed gestapo type talent finding expert panel, that themselves are not always gifted with a great set of pipes and vocals. However are now seen to be the absolute benchmark of were "that particular creative industry" should be going. A few minds at the apex of the industry pyramid. Leading the creatives Pied Piper style into the morass sea of singular creative understanding. Its where AI to my mind, will eventually lead us all, everything painted black. Judging by AI,s collective understanding of human split second thought creative thinking, AI sees us as pretty dark. Like gothic teenagers at a grunge festival. We must simply keep trying to be a rose growing through a thick concrete tar encrusted shell. A shell now spreading thickly over all rich fertile creative soil.
In the movie industry for example, it also seems that creativity is being stifled by remakes of old classic after not so old classic. Instead of trying to perhaps focus on new original material "take a chance"content, the movie moguls would rather tweek existing scripts of previous movies done many times before. I belong to several streaming platforms. The amount of movies i start and completely lose interest with is staggering. No story just special effects. I want a story so i can shed a tear. Not special effects and people beating each other up for hours. It is really tedious at best. Those who like that can watch wrestling or boxing where people actually beat each other up. Not this stylized movie MMA stuff. Now we have movie after movie of insurmountable powerful baddies who overwhelm goodies. Who eventually take the day. Same script dofferent AI really. Now its gangs of baddies taking out worse badies and all then becoming just a syndicate of bigger baddies. Its really about the pure story between the battles, real intelligence. The running commentary jokes while the characters kill, maim and beat each other up is now the psycho story. The Cosby show fused with a clockwork orange script. Not my thing really. Should have its own movie genre next to horror - complete sheet!!!
What ever happened to the concept of, "i love music that ive never heard before" or "i love films im still as yet to see for the very first time ever??" Im jealous when i hear someone hasnt seen an epic movie that ive experienced. I will never go through that again. Unless i have my memories erased.
Critics can also be the killers of individualistic talent & thought. Because we read what they say and judge films according to "these never made a film, self appointed guru's". Why not just go see the movie yourself - have your own opinion rather. Most times it wont be the same as the perhaps jaundiced eye movie critics. Who are possibly paid by rivals to write scathing reports to tank the numbers.
It appears to my limited understanding of such things, that we have reached a creative ceiling in many of the creative arts. WHY you might ask limited ol me? Well it could be any number of reasons. It could be possible the blockage is the very creative schools and environments created to nurture such wonderful talent. "a rose my friend, is always a rose, no matter the soil from whence it grows." I find any expert in the field of arts is already not current when they have very strong opinions about the subject and refuse to budge on their established ideas. My esteemed book man - the one who was party to the 10 minute exchange of thought earlier. Throwing in the potatoes. He mentioned punk rock was great - not because it was any good - or even nurtured incredible musical talent - in fact most of the artists where just screaming therw heads literally off. No completely shouting really on a stage. But it lit a fire under peoples idea of what music was and could be. Creative endeavor doesn't always have to be a Monet. It has to be a passionate knee jerk unique response to ones own unique environment, understanding of established ideas. Remember only you are traveling the road your on. So only you can truly interpret it in your own artistic way. So why does it appear, everyone seems to want to just keep saying the exact same thing? Its sadly the herd creative mindset or the critic color in the line controllers who dictate. Or you will not sing in the next round Loss Vagas mentality. Why are we pushing creative synchronization, when what is needed is artistic creative individuality?
Remember a troll under the bridge will not ever let you past. Even though your vision can see the beautiful green grass on the other side of the Bridge. Trolls will simply never ever let you past. (Why?) simply because they can and will try to stop you, its their reason for living. So the reason is not complicated, however for sensitive creatives its reason enough to completely give up. Sadly many do just shrivel up and never sing again. That is why it is really up to the creative, to find a non violent way around those who profess to be the artistic and talent scout gurus of the day, the village, the country, the world.
Get back to your artistic PASSION before even attempting any creativeendeavors. Passion is the single most powerful reason for doing anything creative, its what you share, its what the world needs right now. Its why art exists, it inspires hope or a discussion of understanding at least.
The REAL success of your work is simply measured on how much YOU enjoyed doing it. The creative process is therapeutic. Artistic success is not on sales or who validates you. Original creative ideas and thoughts will always be met by extreme violent opposition from the expert critic gestapo type "self opinionated experts in the creative field" panel. Its how people without all the talent showcase they have talent by controlling those who actually have the creative ability. Why put yourself in that nightmare firing line, to become the next formula driven creative puppet. To kick out an album with absolutely no RAW soul.
A person born with a talent isn't always more successful than the folk who work hard at improving their accumulated skills through passion. These creative sloggers have chosen to work at adding skills to their quiver along the way. Its the artists that see beyond the trolls on the bridge, that are the true future of original creativity and original artistic endeavor. Sometimes trolls are hiding in plane sight and simply are passion killers because of their own lack of creative esteem.
So if you are a creative, please stop throwing yourself at cold fowl feet for creative validation. You really dont need artistic degrees and pieces of academic paper to tell you your an artist. (Scientists and engineers need these things) real artists really dont. Your last work is your degree. You just need a little bit of self belief to passionately follow what you love doing, = create a portfolio of artistic evidence. This out ways any artistic paper degree gathering dust on a shelf. The best creatives are those that have side stepped around the current established system, to showcase their unique ability. The system will hate you for it - but so what - a few seconds and it just hisses past to completely hate someone else.
Original work is forged from those that remember their own life experiences, only they are capturing the life that they are living & lived. Therefore only they can interpret it and showcase what they are going through. Each creative to ones own chosen artistic outlet medium.
This idea might just stop the rise of the formula driven AI creative and give rise to the Passion Driven Creative Spontaneous Artistic Combustionite. (yup i know - its not a word - dont care,)
You want to be an off grid artistic creative? You must be prepared to "off piste" COMPLETELY. Make up your own stuff, unapologetically!! And also let me not start on dpelling and brammer, which you would of noticed, i giblets dont adhere to. The question is can one write if one cant spell or structure sentences correctly? Left out a lot of blimmen capital upper case letters, eish!!!
mmmm, Thats actually a very interesting question? considering you have got this far by reading this unscripted badly written diatribe?
