The Sean of NottinghamDavid Bowie didn’t aim for ease.
Difficulty was often a signal that something meaningful was happening.
Smoothness could be deceptive. 🧵 1/7
He tolerated discomfort in the process.
Confusion, delay, and uncertainty weren’t failures.
They were conditions. 🧵 2/7
This attitude protected the work from premature simplification.
Hard problems weren’t rushed into resolution. 🧵 3/7
Bowie understood that clarity too early could be limiting.
Meaning needed time to surface. 🧵 4/7
Allowing work to remain difficult kept it alive.
It continued to ask questions of its maker. 🧵 5/7
That patience distinguished exploration from production.
The work wasn’t forced to conclude. 🧵 6/7
Ten years on, this is still how creativity survives.
My Death (live) - tension without resolution.
Bowie | creative process
#HowBowieWorked #TenYearsOn 🧵 7/7
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