Introduction in self help book style
Video of sketches, depression, drums, voice, movie, BRICKS, monkeys, mirrored writing, etc
Does all this fit together?
Dear reader. With good reason, I guess that you are involved in artistic work. I also bet you have encountered some difficulty on your way toward realising your creative ideas. That’s what this project really is about: Dealing with creative difficulties, and finding one’s own ways of working in the face of these.
It’s important to point out from the beginning that this paper is as much a result of failure as of successful project leadership. It is a direct outcome of a sense of inadequacy, and experiences of severe stress and depression. A key to understanding this project, is an attitude that failure is viewed as equally important as success; that the paths leading us to real beauty often goes through awkwardness, even ugliness.
We all have our own stuff to deal with, and in my case the challenges relate to time management, structure and sustained focus. But the specifics are not important, it could really be anything; I don’t suppose anybody can make a career in the arts without obstacles, and I assume that the subjects dealt with here will have some relevance to most creatives.
Let’s talk about you for a second. In your work, I suppose you have also sometimes felt restrained or blocked. Perhaps you have worked for long times on realising something, expecting some kind of reward at the end of that journey. Perhaps the work didn’t satisfy you in the end, or it was misunderstood or ignored. Maybe you pushed your body too much, experiencing some degree of burnout. These situations would be painful for anybody in any field, and they can seem like an inevitable and recurring part of being an artist.
I believe that a fair amount of crisis is fundamental in any kind of development, and not least in the artistic field. In this paper, instead of pushing the difficulties aside, I want to look at them for a while, see what significance they bear, deal with this in a direct way, and try to move beyond it.
If any of the above sounds familiar, this project might be relevant for you. In any case, I hope you’ll enjoy the read and the listen, and I look forward to the concert on may 28th.
This project is written in english in order for me to be able to discuss it with my Greek, Polish, Italian, French, American and German classmates.
The version you are reading now is for the purpose of my exam.
After graduation, I will change things written specifically for this occasion,
keeping this page alive as a reflection of the evolving project.
