Design originates in the imagination.
The impetus to develop a means to original and fully-formed, personal creative expression may be satisfied with patience and an eclectic, painstaking, asymmetrical approach.
Every artist knows this in the abstract and through experience. Even a work of random synthesis is just that, whether it is executed with grace and style or otherwise. It does not manifest itself out of a vacuum. In generative music there is programming, process, and the artist's initiative; in transformative compositions the artist fabricates and provides direction according to imaginative intentions and desired outcomes. The open-minded and aesthetically appreciative listener recognizes the nature of such works and is active in becoming acquainted with them.
The formulaic and generic styles, in contrast, reflect conformity to popular tastes and attitudes, not only in presentation and performance, but conceptually, in the artist's vision. By this means the artist reaches out to the audience; otherwise, as noted, the listener must be of such a temperament as to seek out the art.
The impetus to develop a means to original and fully-formed, personal creative expression may be satisfied with patience and an eclectic, painstaking, asymmetrical approach.
Every artist knows this in the abstract and through experience. Even a work of random synthesis is just that, whether it is executed with grace and style or otherwise. It does not manifest itself out of a vacuum. In generative music there is programming, process, and the artist's initiative; in transformative compositions the artist fabricates and provides direction according to imaginative intentions and desired outcomes. The open-minded and aesthetically appreciative listener recognizes the nature of such works and is active in becoming acquainted with them.
The formulaic and generic styles, in contrast, reflect conformity to popular tastes and attitudes, not only in presentation and performance, but conceptually, in the artist's vision. By this means the artist reaches out to the audience; otherwise, as noted, the listener must be of such a temperament as to seek out the art.
