My songwriting partner and I have amazing creative chemistry but completely different relationships to perfectionism - I want to polish every detail and she wants to capture the raw moment, and we're stuck in this loop where every song becomes a negotiation between finish and release. We're both getting frustrated but neither wants to compromise their creative instincts.
More people experience this than they realize.
Collaborators are discovering that creative chemistry does not guarantee compatible creative processes, and their different relationships to completion are creating paralysis.
“Where Are You with Indigenous creative traditions?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.