Aaron Morse
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notion of sight. So we would take this occasion to ask you if in your opinion, personal experience is an absolutely indispensable part of a creative process... Do you think that a creative process could be disconnected from direct experience?
I commented earlier on the mysterious nature of creative ideas. Creativity, as a process is something that we can control.
We show up to the studio, we sit down to write, we learn to play a particular instrument, but the ideas that come out of our process rely on personal experience. The places I’ve traveled, my work experiences, books I’ve read, music I’ve listened to, movies I’ve watched, people I’ve met—all of this has continually influenced my creative
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