Our theater company has five core members and we've always made decisions by consensus but lately every creative choice turns into a three-hour discussion where we exhaust all the options and then pick something that feels like the least objectionable compromise. We're all getting frustrated but no one wants to be the person who breaks our democratic process.
More people experience this than they realize.
A commitment to equality in decision-making has become an obstacle to creative risk-taking and decisive artistic choices.
“Where Are You with Short fiction and the short form?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.