The Craft: Exploring the Creative Process
The Craft: Exploring the Creative Process
Carter Johnson and Colby Schemm
20 | The Anxiety of Style
16 minutes Posted Nov 30, 2022 at 10:00 am.
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In this episode of The Craft, Carter and Colby explore artistic concerns that arise around the issue of style. We are often concerned that we don't have a unique style or that our style is too derivative. However, sometimes these anxieties are more exaggerated in our minds than in reality. We don't create in a vacuum, so we shouldn't expect to create art that is disconnected from a broader tradition. Carter and Colby finish the conversation by discussing some ways we can avoid falling into these sometimes paralyzing anxieties.

"Style is a product of your limitations" - Johnny Cash

"The ugly fact is books are made out of books" - Cormac McCarthy


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