An article on Life-affirming imperfection yesterday reminded me of the importance of failure in creative work.
Laura Snoad [@laurasnoad] writes about how success is often followed by failure, using the same approach may not work a second time; it may feel stale.
But failure in a career could be serious; we need to know how to fail fast ; how to pinpoint the obstacles that prevent a piece of work from succeeding.
Creative writers have critique groups; artists have muses, people who recognise the artist's intent and who can say what works and what needs to change.. It is up to the artists to find a way to respond.
In my work in hospitals I was interested in the rescue curve. How was a mistake such as the wrong patient, wrong dose, wrong treatment, recognised before it led to disastrous consequences?
Atul Gawande devoted the 2014 Reith lectures to this question Why do doctors fail?
We need a blame free culture, an understanding that adverse events happen often and are worth studying in order to identify high risk places. In short, mindfulness.
As in life: breaking an arm abroad is not a tragedy; it's how we minimise the risk and deal with it when it happens.
It's something I should apply in life a bit more: experimenting more, altering, trying something different.
That sounds counterintuitive but all artists have more or less success in creating some visions. A lot of people are put off by failure in their early attempts.
How do artists and designers use failure?
Laura Snoad [@laurasnoad] writes about how success is often followed by failure, using the same approach may not work a second time; it may feel stale. But failure in a career could be serious; we need to know how to fail fast ; how to pinpoint the obstacles that prevent a piece of work from succeeding.
Creative writers have critique groups; artists have muses, people who recognise the artist's intent and who can say what works and what needs to change.. It is up to the artists to find a way to respond.
Giving your self time to experiment before launching into a project is vital.
A new character for an animation will require several iterations before the best materials and design are found.In my work in hospitals I was interested in the rescue curve. How was a mistake such as the wrong patient, wrong dose, wrong treatment, recognised before it led to disastrous consequences?
Atul Gawande devoted the 2014 Reith lectures to this question Why do doctors fail?
We need a blame free culture, an understanding that adverse events happen often and are worth studying in order to identify high risk places. In short, mindfulness.
As in life: breaking an arm abroad is not a tragedy; it's how we minimise the risk and deal with it when it happens.
It's something I should apply in life a bit more: experimenting more, altering, trying something different.
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