{"id":1766,"date":"2012-10-28T02:19:28","date_gmt":"2012-10-28T01:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digital-citizen.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1766"},"modified":"2012-10-28T02:19:28","modified_gmt":"2012-10-28T01:19:28","slug":"a-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/digital-citizen.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1766","title":{"rendered":"A conversation&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script src=\"http:\/\/storify.com\/brian_condon\/conversation-with-thefishtanksays-and-brian-condon.js\"><\/script><noscript>[<a href=\"http:\/\/storify.com\/brian_condon\/conversation-with-thefishtanksays-and-brian-condon\" target=\"_blank\">View the story &#8220;Improvisation and creativity&#8221; on Storify<\/a>]<\/p>\n<h1>Improvisation and creativity<\/h1>\n<h2>A conversation<\/h2>\n<p>Storified by Brian_Condon &middot; Sat, Oct 27 2012 14:48:17<\/p>\n<div>Core of improvisation &#8211; have rules. &quot;Creativity arises out of the tension between spontaneity and limitations.&quot; (Telier 2011) #designthingsTHE FISHTANK<\/div>\n<div>The quote comes from Rollo May, and his book &#8220;The Courage to Create&#8221;&#8221;Creativity arises out of the tension between spontaneity and limitations, the latter (like the river banks) forcing the spontaneity into the various forms which are essential to the work of art or poem.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>Psychoanalyst Rollo May being interviewed in Swedish documentary Sagolandet from 1988<\/div>\n<div>. @thefishtanksays &quot;rules&quot; maybe to precise &#8211; I think more in terms of loosely bound constraints for good improv&#8230;.Brian_Condon<\/div>\n<div>@brian_condon &#8216;Rules&#8217; &#8211; too authoritative perhaps? Constraints yes, but still strict to define boundaries needed to move things forward.THE FISHTANK<\/div>\n<div>. @thefishtanksays agree with &quot;boundaries&quot; but don&#8217;t like &quot;strict&quot; \/ have a look at &quot;Oblique Strategies&quot; by Eno\/SchmidtBrian_Condon<\/div>\n<div>Brian Eno on Later, 2001.<\/div>\n<div>@brian_condon Will do. It&#8217;s also a case of context, I worked with a director who had a loose idea of improv = the show descended into chaos.THE FISHTANK<\/div>\n<div>. @thefishtanksays Good point! Need to talk more on this outside the constraints of 140 characters! :)Brian_Condon<\/div>\n<div>@brian_condon Ahh yes. 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