Removing all constraints can reveal a composer’s deepest desires
Evidence
If you could write any piece of music, what would you write? Assume that no kind of restraint exists, i.e. time, money, existence of resources or technology etc. — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 329
Categorization
- SEED: A prompt for a creative exercise essay: have artists answer this question to reveal what their art actually yearns for once practical limits fall away.
- QUESTION: Worth asking in workshops or interviews: what does a musician create when nothing is impossible?
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 329