A thought:

Much of the beauty of artwork is from randomness

For example:

1. Paint drips as a random/fractal-like-dispersion pattern. Paint drips are beautiful
2. The beauty of the randomness of film grain dispersion in photographs.
3. The joy of shooting with ‘film camera simulation’ phone apps like ‘CALLA CAM‘ for iPhone. The fun, joy, and excitement of NOT knowing what a photo will look like before you shoot it.
4. The joy of shooting expired film– the random aesthetic effects of expired film are often beautiful.
5. The joy of random beautiful light leaks with film cameras.

Is artwork created from randomness ‘legitimate’?

There is this bias:

The summit of wisdom/knowledge is to be 100% logical and rational.

This is what Nietzsche calls the ‘Apollonian’. However, I think there is much wisdom in the Dionysian (the random, chaotic, and irrational).

Nietzsche’s notion is this:

We must embrace BOTH the Apollonian (rational) AND the Dionysian (chaotic/random/irrational) in order to reach the summit of art-creation.

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How to embrace randomness/chaos in your art creation

Ideas:

1. Don’t follow a regular schedule: Art-creation from the randomness of your schedule and how you live your daily life.
2. Walk in random neighborhoods: You will witness new random things to photograph.
3. Travel much: The randomness/chaos of foreign environments as a positive stimulus to our innovative visions in art-creation.

Chaos is good!

ERIC