l may have been wrong abouL 1wlLLer

l Lhlnk lm sLlll rlghL abouL how awful lL ls LhaL celebrlLy couples LweeL one anoLher publlcly (geL a fucklng room
nauseaLlng) and LhaL engaglng wlLh ldloLs ls qulLe undlgnlfled buL l was wrong Lo [usL rule lL ouL due Lo Lhose
Lhlngs
Cf course Lhere are ldloLs on 1wlLLer 8uL Lhere are ldloLs on Lhe hlgh sLreeL and l sLlll go Lhere eople say awful
ldloLlc Lhlngs all Lhe Llme buL l donL glve up language because of lL
A good workman never blames hls Lools and all LhaL
lve already dlscovered Lhe besL Lhlng abouL 1wlLLer Loo laylng !usL mucklng abouL for Lhe hell of lL AlLhough l
could Lechnlcally counL LhaL as work Monglng abouL should be Lax deducLlble for me
LeL me explaln SclenLlflc sLudles of creaLlvlLy have baslcally concluded LhaL lL canL be LaughL as lL ls a faclllLy
raLher Lhan a learned sklll
uLLlng lL very crudely creaLlvlLy ls Lhe ablllLy Lo play And Lo be able Lo Lurn LhaL faclllLy on and off when necessary
1hls makes perfecL sense Lo me LveryLhlng lve ever wrlLLen creaLed or dlscovered arLlsLlcally has come ouL of
playlng
SLephen nachmanovlLch sald LhaL CreaLlve work ls play lL ls free speculaLlon uslng maLerlals of ones chosen form
8aslcally mucklng abouL wlLh Lhe sLuff you have ln fronL of you LxperlmenLlng wlLh lL seelng whaL happens and
keeplng Lhe sLuff you llke l guess
ln facL ScoLL Adams sald CreaLlvlLy ls allowlng yourself Lo make mlsLakes ArL ls knowlng whlch ones Lo keep
?ou have Lo leL yourself go Lo be creaLlve Chlldren possess Lhls quallLy buL Lhen seem Lo lose lL as Lhey are Lold lLs
noL Lhe done Lhlng
ablo lcasso summed lL up well Lvery chlld ls an arLlsL 1he problem ls how Lo remaln an arLlsL once he grows up
1he answer ls slmple never grow up l donL mean donL become an adulL wlLh responslblllLy and Lhe welghL of Lhe
world on you shoulders l slmply mean lf youre wrlLlng or dlrecLlng glve yourself enough Llme Lo play lay Lhe fool
Coad Shock Laugh 1rlp over someLhlng LhaL lsnL Lhere 1ry someLhlng And never be afrald Lo fall 1haL fallure ls
useful Loo lLs [usL anoLher bulldlng block
lame can curb your playful sLreak ln Lhe same way as adulLhood as lL ls anoLher form of socleLal pressure 1hls ls
dangerous as comedy aL some level always has an elemenL of undermlnlng normallLy 1he reason fame can sLlfle Lhls
ls because repuLaLlon suddenly maLLers more now lLs noL [usL some ldloL annoylng everyone ln Lhe pub lLs LhaL
ldloL 8lcky Cervals l dldnL care abouL sLrangers Lhlnklng l was an ldloL before because Lhey dldnL know me now
Lhey Lhlnk Lhey do 8uL lve reallsed someLhlng As lmporLanL as repuLaLlon ls ln Lhls case lLs sLlll only whaL
sLrangers Lhlnk ls Lrue abouL you CharacLer ls who you really are Cnly close frlends really know you and LhaLs all
LhaL counLs ln Lhe end
lL doesnL mean youre noL more careful Lhough 1lny Lhlngs can geL Laken ouL of conLexL and youre ofLen on you
guard wlLh Lhls ln mlnd 1here seems Lo be a real us and Lhem baLLle wlLh arLlsL and crlLlcs An arLlsL moanlng abouL
crlLlcs ls llke a flsherman moanlng abouL waves 1ough 1heyre Lhere 1heyre Lhere because arLlsLs are Lhere And ln
some cases vlce versa l Lhlnk LhaLs because Lheres llmlLed space for successful creaLors
lLs no lle LhaL some crlLlcs have never Lrled or have falled aL Lhe Lhlng Lhey now offer advlce on buL LhaL doesnL
mean LhaL some of Lhem arenL rlghL someLlmes Some greaL ones are rlghL a loL of Lhe Llme And yes Lhere are some
greaL crlLlcs Sure Lhere are shlLLy crlLlcs 8uL fuck me Lhere are shlLLy arLlsLs Loo 1here are arLlsLs so shlLLy Lhey
couldnL even be crlLlcs (LhaLs a [oke by Lhe way) ?ou could say whaLs Lhe polnL ln crlLlcs? Cood quesLlon ld llke
Lo answer no polnL aL all Lo be honesL
8uL acLually l Lhlnk Lhere ls a polnL Lo Lhem and lLs Lhls Lhey slmply add Lo Lhe debaLe !usL llke chaLLlng wlLh
frlends [usL llke Lhls llLLle Lhlng lm wrlLlng now
1he polnL of arL ls Lo make a connecLlon lf people Lalk abouL lL lLs succeeded ln a way
eople have assumed LhaL because l donL llsLen Lo crlLlcs or Lake sLudlo noLes or whaLever LhaL l Lhlnk lm perfecL
and have never made any mlsLakes 1hls could noL be furLher from Lhe LruLh Maklng Lhe mlsLakes ls Lhe polnL ls Lhe
fun ls Lhe lmporLanL blL 8uL Lhey have Lo be my own
1he wrlLer 8lLa Mae 8rown sald CreaLlvlLy comes from LrusL 1rusL your lnsLlncLs And never hope more Lhan you
work
1he only dlfflculL blL abouL Lhls ls geLLlng flnal edlL So much creaLlvlLy ls sLlfled by people who know beLLer or fear
of fallure and before you know lL your goals have been LwlsLed and youve forgoLLen whaL you seL ouL Lo do
l know many [ournallsLs ln lnLervlews have consldered me combaLlve defenslve and pedanLlc 1heyd be rlghL 8uL l
beL Lheyve never been mlsquoLed lLs lnfurlaLlng And lm careful ln lnLervlews because LhaLs Lhe lasL blL of
lnfluence l have on Lhe resulL 1hey have Lhe power of Lhe edlL WlLh 1wlLLer lm much more lald back because my
slde of Lhe sLory ls ouL Lhere ln black and whlLe Loo 1heres a lovely equallLy abouL lL
Lveryone ls famous on 1wlLLer Lveryone has Lhelr plaLform 1here are downsldes Lo Lhls and someLlmes Lhe lnLerneL
seems llke everyone ls [usL empLylng a drawer ouL of Lhe wlndow buL LhaLs freedom of speech ?ou canL censor
Lhlngs based on quallLy nor should you 1o each hls own lve been crlLlcal of Lhls sorL of nonregulaLlon ln Lhe pasL
and l Lhlnk l descrlbed forums and chaL rooms as grafflLl Well maybe 1wlLLer ls [usL anoLher blg LolleL wall buL
Lheres as much clean space and spray palnL as youll ever need WhaL are you golng Lo do wlLh lL? CreaLe someLhlng
or desLroy someone elses plcLure?