Creative Process and Critique

[benlehman]

(Context: A friend of mine and a friend of his have recently been going around telling creative communities that they aren't creating right, that they should follow a different method and different process. Not coincidentally one which those two people have used in the past.)

I think that other people have a right to judge my published work. (for a general value of "my").

If I don't want it judged, by not publishing it, I avoid judgement.

Do other people have a right to judge my creative process, though? (again, for a general value of "my").

I don't think so, off the top of my head. But I'm willing to be convinced otherwise.

Comments

[tigerbunny-db.livejournal.com]

Well, that's a completely different question than the one I thought you were asking. You are never obligated to give other people that kind of power over you. Well... other than maybe by norms of reciprocity. Or other social norms.

Which I think is where you and certain parties cross purposes. Their position is driven by a set of norms that are different than the more (sloppy language alert!) "artistic" ones you tend to go with. Theirs - if I read them right - are more about "craftsmanship" and even "professionalism."

Are these works products first, or expressive first? That's an open question, and one the creative community in question hasn't figured out yet.