tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463466213945068980.post8232436796965987873..comments2009-09-30T14:44:04.745-04:00Comments on Leica Year: HalfwayR.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03522112268503563893noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463466213945068980.post-33896527754844278632009-06-06T21:03:13.605-04:002009-06-06T21:03:13.605-04:00Same here. I've been fascinated by the idea o...Same here. I've been fascinated by the idea of artificially imposed constraints for a while. Sometimes overall (e.g. a period I spent doing music work only for piano), other times in small focused bursts (which i'll do with this project, i'm not going to stop shooting with all my other gear - but when I shoot 35mm film, it will be with just this rig - and this rig will get first choice when going out).<br /><br />Matthew Barney takes this to an extreme in his Drawing Restraint series - where he goes so far as to put physical constraints on him when painting (straps pulling him back, etc...)<br /><br />Also - another musical example, I went through a year where everything I wrote was in F# minor. It's just a key, right? What could I possibly gain by working in just F#m? More than I thought I could. Now, when I sit down at a piano, my hands instinctively know where everything is for f# minor, and without even thinking about it, I can spin and dance and play around the piano in f#m for hours. I wonder if I would have that same level of comfort if I continually jumped around what keys I was writing in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com