I live in a city that lacks subtlety. It’s not just a quantity over quality issue. It’s deeper than that. If something tastes good, they’ll add more sauce. If a new restaurant does well, they add 10 more around the city overnight. (We have 31 Taqueria Jalisco’s in a town of less than 300,000.)
The problem is, people don’t know when to stop. Something is good. So they assume it will be better if they double it. Unfortunately, that’s not how art works. Too much of a good thing is a bad thing.
Great art has layers of subtlety to it. There’s an obvious face value to the art. But as you explore it further you unpack deeper layers. Subtlety keeps your audience interested. Subtlety keeps your audience from getting sick of your work.
As creators, we need to be masters of knowing when to stop. We can’t over-good our creations. If we do, we ruin it and kill the subtlety.
How can you infuse more subtlety into your work?
I hear you I live in the same city! They are Mad I tell you mad!! But I defiantly get it I think this post helped me to see that more clearly! I’m the worship & creative arts pastor at my church. I fall into that trap a lot and think hey I thought you liked this! But it’s something I need to work on I get so excited as a leader and think man we can do it like that forever! But anywas great post! Keep em coming!
Thanks man! You’re in Corpus?! What church are you at?
Yes sir here in corpus! Crosspoint! We are a new church plant only about 8 months old we meet monthly at centruy 16 we havent had our grand opening yet but were trying to bulid momentum with our pre-view services as well as funds and all the “fun” stuff that goes along with church planting!
I hear you I live in the same city! They are Mad I tell you mad!! But I defiantly get it I think this post helped me to see that more clearly! I’m the worship & creative arts pastor at my church. I fall into that trap a lot and think hey I thought you liked this! But it’s something I need to work on I get so excited as a leader and think man we can do it like that forever! But anywas great post! Keep em coming!
Thanks man! You’re in Corpus?! What church are you at?
Yes sir here in corpus! Crosspoint! We are a new church plant only about 8 months old we meet monthly at centruy 16 we havent had our grand opening yet but were trying to bulid momentum with our pre-view services as well as funds and all the “fun” stuff that goes along with church planting!