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Creative Process and Critique
(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.
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.
no subject
And you're perfectly entitled to say "Fuck off."
And that is how Balance is restored to the Force.
If I could tease one word out of this, it would be 'process'.
A published work is not a process - It's done. End product. Improvements come in the next edition. It's fair to criticize a product precisely because the publisher has said "Here are my wares, what do you think?"
A creative process, though, is a moving target. Suggestions to help are fine, if asked for (via an online discussion, whatever) but to criticize a process for not being 'right'? That's something that's only valid when there's an objective framework behind it - like, say, commercial airline pilots skipping the checklists and ignoring ATC, then saying "But we landed OK, right?".
Creativity has eluded objective measurement. There can be no 'right' or 'wrong', only suggestions and 'works for me'.