I like the comparison between writing and drawing. Do you ever impose the equivalent of word count limits on yourself? For example, I will often aim to write no more than, say, 75 words on a topic, or even a random number like 57. I wrote an article once in which the constraint was the value of Pi, and one (forthcoming) based on the Fibonacci sequence.
I haven't played with word or line counts much myself but I think it's promising. I translated a beautiful comic by Etienne Lécroart where each panel has one less word and one less line, from 50 down to zero: https://wordswithoutborders.org/read/article/2013-02/counting-on-you/
Constraints are all around us. Environmental and social. Isn’t the moment one applies your concept of the constraint to the work at hand, the moment that the conditions become generative of art or decision making or what have you? The constraint seems like a larger formulation which applies equally to the routine turns of life as well as to the small practices of artmaking. Thank you for getting me to think about this. I await the next post. (I’m sure I’ve exceeded my word limit).
I like the comparison between writing and drawing. Do you ever impose the equivalent of word count limits on yourself? For example, I will often aim to write no more than, say, 75 words on a topic, or even a random number like 57. I wrote an article once in which the constraint was the value of Pi, and one (forthcoming) based on the Fibonacci sequence.
I haven't played with word or line counts much myself but I think it's promising. I translated a beautiful comic by Etienne Lécroart where each panel has one less word and one less line, from 50 down to zero: https://wordswithoutborders.org/read/article/2013-02/counting-on-you/
what a great idea! thanks, Matt.
Constraints are all around us. Environmental and social. Isn’t the moment one applies your concept of the constraint to the work at hand, the moment that the conditions become generative of art or decision making or what have you? The constraint seems like a larger formulation which applies equally to the routine turns of life as well as to the small practices of artmaking. Thank you for getting me to think about this. I await the next post. (I’m sure I’ve exceeded my word limit).