The Five Obstructions-A Reflective Review.
October 3, 2008
My overall thoughts of The Five Obstructions were of intregment, the concept of not even creating something, but remaking it, with a number of completely unnecessary constraints placed upon the creative process was enlightening. My initial thoughts, however, were that the whole concept is a bit pointless: Why would you make life harder for yourself when its not easy at the best of times. Then, the more poiniant the constraints got the more I realised how necessary they where. For example, to only use 12 frames per cut seems crazy, but that forced a pace and tempo into the piece. So to push yourself outside your comfort zone creates results.
