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I remember the great comedic writer douglas adams saying something like..."I love the sound of deadlines, that WHOOOSH as they go by. I came to realise that when it comes to deadlines, this aspect of myself kicks into full gear : http://www.amazon.com/Procrastination-Task-Avoidance-Treatment-Psychology/dp/0306448424 Only later did i find out that its a classified disorder hehe. The solution (or part of) which is most amusing and one which have been practicing in a slow painfull way is here. http://www.structuredprocrastination.com/ He kind of recomends a procrastination loop, wheeby you fuel your creativity by avoiding the task you percieve most inportant buy putting a lot of effort into other "lessinportant but actually prety inportant tasks" In attempting to write a long essay for instance i would sort of bounce around from chapter to chapter. When the deadline for one chapter was looming, inspiration and ideas came pouring in for the other chapters. I End up experiencing the WHOOOSH but lots of tuff happens in the perceived stress of the deadline. It became apparent that my brother operated in much the same manner and during his college years, in pure avoidence of studying for finals he wrote his best music and perfected some of the most intense juggling moves. But...since he has been out the deadlines arnt there to fuel the "Family procrastination" and his musical output along with juggling tricks have kinda evened out. Its all good tho, we gota just relax into life sometimes, but its very interesting. On 12/2/08, Stefan Tiedje <stefantiedje@googlemail.com> wrote: > Rick Walker schrieb: > > > This may be woefully different than the original (and all apologies > > to academics that I might offend with my rather primal and > > unsophisticated oral history approach that I use telling it but it is > > at least illustrative in it's 'big yarn' version. > > > > Oral story approach is much better than the "truth". We love the stories > for their meaning. If you add your own perspective to it, your students > will grab the essence of it much better anyway. (First time I heard of > that story btw., no idea about the original) > > > > Amazingly and consistently, the artwork from Camp TWO (constant > > output with our without inspiration) was judged to be 'better art' > > than the artwork of Camp ONE (inspiration without necessary constant > > output). > > > > That is what I would expect. I would ask the students what they'd expect > as a result. I wonder how young people, without their own experience of > what training can do, would look at it... > > One misconception is often that you think inspiration is coming out of > nothing and you don't have to be forced to anything to grab it. But > that's not true, there is no contradiction of being forced to do > something (work in a completely different field to earn your living for > example) and getting inspired. Whatever life throws you in, is the > source of all the inspiration one can have including practice... > > In my own experience I must say, deadlines help - definitely. If you >don't > have any you have to invent them. Its hard, I am not good at it. If ist > coming from out side I happily accept it. It will drive me into stress, >but > after all is done I feel much better... > > Only if there is no time left at all to do your art, there will be a > problem... > > Stefan > > -- > Les Ondes Mémorielles----x------- > --_____-----------|-------------- > --(_|_ ----|\-----|-----()------- > -- _|_)----|-----()-------------- > ----------()----------TJ Shredder > >