Keith Richard’s whole point was that it takes two moving parts to become one cohesive and efficient unit. That’s when you master something and can create some art that is truly amazing. It applies to all projects that require creative thinking. There is never one single thing you have to when creating art. A painter must know how to use colors and the tools. A singer must be able to match their voice with the beat. A musician needs to know how to manipulate his instrument and combine notes to create something monumental.
If these parts don’t line up the way they need to, then you can’t be frustrated when you’re final product isn’t as good as you want; that’s an artists’ biggest struggle. Sometimes you have to create and create subpar projects just to finally figure out how to create this harmony between these two moving parts. It’s almost like the artists’ job is to solve a problem. The problem is that there are these moving, seemingly chaotic pieces that have to be synced up and exist harmoniously. Once that’s figure out, the artist can move on and begin truly creating. It’s different for every artist. Some people figure out one way, while others take a completely different approach.
Now I ask myself, If it’s that easy then why can’t every artist just figure out the puzzle and everyone can create incredible art? I don’t know. Art is a super subjective and abstract way of creating something that there is no definitive answer. Art is not like math or science where there’s a right answer and a wrong answer. There’s just popular art and not popular art. Some art influences a lot more people than others. Just because it nobody knows about it, does that make the art bad? No, not at all. Art is just really hard to think about. The more and more I write this blog post I become confused on what art is and how to get to this place of harmony and synergy.