Our theater company has been devising this piece for two years and we used to build on each other's ideas fearlessly, but now we second-guess every suggestion and workshop sessions feel polite and careful. I think we're all afraid of stepping on each other's contributions but the work has lost its edge because we've stopped pushing each other.
More people experience this than they realize.
Artistic politeness can strangle the very creative friction that generates breakthrough work.
“Where Are You with Illustration and drawing?”
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