There is great value in pushing the boundaries and testing ideas even if they have a high chance of failure. This is an attitude I have always held. I like to fully see an idea through before I rule it out. I don’t really rock with people who quickly reject an idea because they aren’t immediately able to see how it will work. I think it’s always worth it to try it out.
One artist that I look up to in many ways is Tyler, The Creator. He echoes this idea in some talks he has done. Over the course of his long career he has been erratic and someone who has been known to have ambitious plans in music, fashion, and many other art forms. He has said countless times that having people around him that are willing to put up with his antics and sometimes the initial “ridiculousness” of his ideas have been of the greatest importance.
He tells about many times in board meetings when he would suggest an idea and it would immediately be shot down without a second thought. However, there were people who saw his vision and wanted to at least attempt it even if it did not ultimately work.
Creatively, I am much more interested in possibility than certainty. In possibility there lies new discoveries that will make the work more transformative as a whole. I’d prefer to try and create something new that hasn’t been done before and fail than stick to convention and produce something that has been done hundreds of times over.
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