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yourself with the rudimentary nature of things.’ The shared or communal experience of weather and environment, combined with the relaxed atmosphere that is part effect on productivity and the sense of ‘flow’ that is so important to the creative process. In my recent Platform Paper ‘Restless Giant: Changing Cultural Values in Regional Australia’, I offered this example: Recently I was part of the co-creation, with playwright Suzie Miller and singer/ songwriter Zulya Kamalova, of a new version of Snow White co-produced by OperaQ, Brisbane Festival and La Boite Theatre. The complexity of the works development was tripled by the fact that all three of us were in different cities. Most of our communication was digital, exchanging ideas and drafts via email and Dropboxed sound files. But we are very different women and artists, and we had never worked together before, so there came a point when we needed to spend real time together to find our shared voice. Having found a single weekend in our
THE CASUAL MODE OF A REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT CAN SUPPORT THE CREATIVE PROCESS
of the regional experience, also has an