"What is creative activity? Social media would have us believe it is fast and furious-cue the dizzying double-speed video of someone making something. In fact, the creative process doesn't usually lend itself to drama; a lot of what happens in the studio would appear to be inaction, the outwardly humdrum, inwardly remarkable percolation of ideas. In other words, it looks pretty boring."
"The word 'boring' comes up again in Jeremy Lybarger's interview with Chicago-based artists Nick Cave and Bob Faust, longtime partners in life and in creative pursuits. They discuss how they collaborate on various endeavors, from making things to hosting exhibitions in their live/work space. Their rapport is easy, and at a certain point Cave seems to worry that there isn't enough drama. "Are we boring?" he asks toward the end of the conversation. "I didn't think so," Faust answers."
Social media portrays creative activity as rapid, attention-grabbing spectacle, but the creative process more commonly unfolds slowly and without visible drama. Much studio work resembles inaction outwardly while ideas percolate inwardly, producing routines that may seem boring yet are fertile. Moments of quotidian detail—preparation, the work itself, and reflection—constitute the movements of artistic practice. Collaborating artists sometimes question their lack of spectacle, but partners and observers often reject the label of boring. Artistic production functions as a sequence of problems created and solved, where action is relative and frequently understated.
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