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The Cost of Convenience: We have fallen out of love with the process

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In the last ten years, we have seen an immense breakdown of the traditional barriers guarding the creation of and engagement in different art forms. From music to fashion, visual art, ornamental art and literature; technology has opened up and democratised these mediums offering people beyond the elite access to the tools to “create”. The beguiling charm of technological advancement is that it silently erodes the pillars of human processes before we realise and thus the bitter-sweet gift of convenience has undermined the fundamental tenets of creative processes and personal development. The most important, being time. The speed of which things can now be created has reconfigured our focus from the process to instead consistent output, the expectation to always have something to show for oneself has restrained art and made the idea of being a “creative” something one reflexes to cringe at. There is no time to be original, as it would take years dedicated to learning, assimilating to a p

The Cost of Convenience: We have fallen out of love with the process Social media and capitalist demand have destroyed the beauty of the process; personal style and development, and by decentering the pressure of output you may become a better artist or person. Nubia Assata Dec 29, 2024 11,084 93 2,491 Share In the last ten years, we have seen an immense breakdown of the traditional barriers guarding the creation of and engagement in different art forms. From music to fashion, visual art, ornamental art and literature; technology has opened up and democratised these mediums offering people bey

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