The Currency of Creativity is Surprise - Morne Venter | Existential Delight #19

[@dylangous]

🔽🔽🔽ALL LINKS AND MEDIA MENTIONED IN INTERVIEW🔽🔽🔽 In this episode I speak to my good friend, lecturer, and artist, Morné Venter. His art can be seen on Instagram: @velvetventer This was one of those conversations that truly felt constructive - in that we both had fragments of understanding, but helped each other refine and expand our thinking - the whole thing felt electric, and I was buzzing with excitement by the end. This episode is all about CREATIVITY and ATTENTION: we talk about: - Using habit to facilitate inspiration - David Lynch - The Great Plateau that all creative endeavors undergo - The difference between choices and decisions in the creative process - Our modern lack of attention and the necessity of boredom - Why creative projects grip us - Morne's artistic philosophy of MESS - Artists and AI - Why surprise is the currency of creativity ...and much, much more! 🚨🚨🚨SUPPORT MY WORK DIRECTLY AND UNLOCK EXTRA CONTENT ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/DylanGous 🚨🚨🚨LISTEN TO EXISTENTIAL DELIGHT ON 🎵SPOTIFY - open.spotify.com/show/3N3Fy0dVLHWL9BFh94BHL9 🍎APPLE - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/existential-delight/id1558566726 🚨🚨🚨CONVERSATION FLOW 1 - Morne’s Background 2 - The Role of Art Galleries and the New Model for Artists 3 - Artists & AI 4 - Attention & Focus - How We Engineer Distraction 5 - Habit & Ritual When Making Art 6 - The Great Plateau 7 - Decisions vs Choices in the Creative Process 8 - Morne’s Artistic Philosophy of Mess 9 - David Lynch on Creativity 10 - Outro 🧠MEDIA, PERSONS AND LINKS MENTIONED IN INTERVIEW In order of mention: 1 - A Short Film Written Entirely by AI - Austin McConnell - kzbin.info/www/bejne/bomyZKRsgqZpbJo&pp=ygURYXVzdGluIG1jb25uZWwgQUk%3D 2 - Tom Sachs - www.tomsachs.com/ 3 - Viral Cellphone Video - Look Up by Gary Turk - kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGjHfYhsm9Bsh7s 4 - Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - www.amazon.com/Flow-Psychology-Experience-Perennial-Classics/dp/0061339202 5 - Stephen Pressfield - Turning Pro: www.amazon.com/Turning-Pro-Inner-Power-Create/dp/1936891034 The War of Art - www.amazon.com/War-Art-Steven-Pressfield-ebook/dp/B007A4SDCG 6 - Making Ideas Happen by Scott Belsky - www.amazon.com/Making-Ideas-Happen-Overcoming-Obstacles/dp/1591844118 7 - Gamestorming by Dave Gray - www.amazon.com/Gamestorming-Playbook-Innovators-Rulebreakers-Changemakers/dp/0596804172 8 - Van Neistat - kzbin.info/door/5mPJA4y5G8Z6aNkY6AxgAw 9 - David Lynch on Creativity - kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3fWc5SXlLJ4sK8 10 - Eraserhead - www.imdb.com/title/tt0074486/ 11 - Mulholland Drive - www.imdb.com/title/tt0166924/

[@b.melakail]

The discussion around routine, inspiration and out being greater than the sum of the parts reminds me of the quote "there is a love within reason that goes beyond reason to what reason always sought". Routine and ritual is important but not the end goal Lovely conversation

[@Dino_Medici]

The process of starting a project is very Kandinsky-esque. The canvas representing a sacred space of total freedom. Whereas the process of finalizing a project, is more like you’re Augustus dawning his armored breastplate and founding the Roman Empire to restore order haha. No more bread and circuses it’s time for Pax Romana.