Click here to download the Disney Creativity Strategy I mention in the video
How often have you said this when you’re making music:
“I don’t have any choice?”
How often have you thought:
“None of my options are good!”
How often have you had no idea what the best option is?
All of these moments usually spring from a general perception we have that “what we see” is “all there is”. Thing is, to find the best creative solution (including the ones you need to find to make the best music possible) to any problem – you’ve got to realise that what you see most definitely ISN’T all there is.
What we perceive is a minuscule and highly distorted representation of what is out there. And when I realised this – all manner of solutions started presenting themselves. Everything became much easier.
When I got stuck, frustrated or my progress became painfully slow – I realised my problem wasn’t the problem. My problem was how I was looking at the problem…