Director John Waters, of Hairspray fame, recently delivered the 2015 RISD graduation speech and charmed the audience with his thoughts on the necessities of creative rebellion:
Contemporary art’s job is to wreck what came before — is there a better job description than that to aspire to?… Go out in the world and fuck it up beautifully. Design clothes so hideous that they can’t be worn ironically. Horrify us with new ideas. Outrage outdated critics. Use technology for transgression, not lazy social living. Make me nervous…. It’s time to get busy. It’s your turn to cause trouble.
If you need help pushing your own creative boundaries and locating that place of artistic discomfort, try some of these tricks gathered by Fast Company:
Create a surprise journal: Julia Galef, president of the Center for Applied Rationality,… keeps [a Surprise] journal with her at all times, writing down when something surprises her and why.
Get a weird side gig: For the past seven years, editor and designer Brian McMullen had a dream creative job as [a] senior art director…. And in his spare time, he’s a Lyft driver. “Lyft has offered me a drastic change of pace and scenery,” says McMullen. “I think it’s probably useful for all creative people to put themselves into new and strange situations from time to time.”
Get serious about your coffee: It may sound frivolous, but Circa CEO Matt Galligan devotes a good chunk of his mornings to making coffee. It’s a routine that’s paid off in helping him intensely focus. So whether caffeine is your muse, or something else, take it to the next level.
Whatever you’re working on now, push the envelope a little more than you were planning on. Go one step further. Take one more risk. If you feel uncomfortable, and you think you might stir shit up, you’re doing it right.
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