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Entries in Georges Perec (1)

Sunday
Jan142007

The Sound of One Hand Creating

DateSunday, January 14, 2007 at 7:05PM

Charles and Ray EamesPablo PicassoGeorges PerecAntonio Carlos Jobim

WHAT COMES TO MIND WHEN YOU THINK of the classic “creative” person? The angst-ridden artist? A maverick who rejects convention? The “guru” who seems to tap into a mystical vein of new ideas? I imagine you conjured up some sort of amalgam of stereotypes that have to do with defying conformity, rejecting rules. Railing against rules certainly has a home in creativity, but to leave it at that is to abandon creativity to the camp of anarchy. Less appreciated, I think, is the role — and the power — of limitations in producing creative outcomes.

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