Composers as Gardeners

talk Brian Eno (2011) · source

Brian Eno’s talk for Edge.org contrasting the “architect” and “gardener” models of creative work. The architect carries a complete picture before building; the gardener plants seeds and collaborates with emergent processes. Argues that the composer-as-architect was a historical blip.

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• Creative Process Is Construction — metaphor
• Creative Process Is Gardening — metaphor