The ultimate point of a piece for me is that it drives the next one. Does it open new doors? That's the success of a piece.
Interpretation
The success of a creative work lies in its ability to inspire future creations.
Twyla Tharp emphasizes that the true measure of success for an artistic piece is not just its immediate impact but its potential to inspire and lead to new ideas and works. A successful piece should act as a catalyst that opens up new possibilities and avenues for exploration in art and creativity.
In practice
During a discussion on a recent art exhibition, I shared this quote to illustrate how artists build upon each other's work.
Do I watch dancers as people? Yes, absolutely. Do I watch really good dancers for specifically who they are? Absolutely, because how they move best and how they look best is going to be most familiar to them, and not necessarily to me.
I am still pushing the edge of what my body can do.
No one is born with skill. It is developed through exercise, through repetition, through a blend of learning and reflection that's both painstaking and rewarding. And it takes time.
Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft. Without skill, all the passion in the world will leave you eager but floundering. Combining the two is the essence of the creative life.
I grew up in a drive-in theater, from the time I was 8, working in a snack bar watching four features every week. It was silent theater in the sense that this was a drive-in, which meant that I often saw the films going with no sound. But I learned to tell stories through action.
Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft.
Art is the gift of God, and must be used unto His glory. That in art is highest which aims at this.
And that's the soulful thing about playing: you offer something to somebody. You don't know if they'll like it, but you offer it.
...to me if it's anything, jazz is a verb-it's more like a process than it is a thing.
I want my little corner of the world where I get to make games where you're not trying to win or lose; you're not trying to get a higher score - you are having unbelievable amounts of fun as you learn about yourself and the world. That's what games can do!
Art is a private thing, the artist makes it for himself; a comprehensible work is the product of a journalist. We need works that are strong, straight, precise, and forever beyond understanding.
Like the collector, the photographer is animated by a passion that, even when it appears to be for the present, is linked to a sense of the past.
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