[jstarfish]

Freedom is debatable. Too much of it and you just get overwhelmed with possibilities.

I'd submit that it's boredom plus constraints that equal creativity. You're forced to think around your obstacles.

It's why bands and authors suck once they make it big. Once they have tons of time and money, output suffers and they stop delivering. The threat of starvation no longer forces them to make something that works on their broken keyboard.

[yamazakiwi]

I think contextually art is one thing that can be made great utilizing creative restraints, but it's less likely a person will be willing to jump around obstacles if they are too great or not specifically related to the creative pursuit. Many times a creative pursuit doesn't seem like an option BECAUSE of the constraints.

[antifa]

If starvation and bordom and constraints were the key to quality then we’d all have been annihilated by the 3rd world in less than a week.