The Interview Fallacy

15th April 2017 | for Creatives | intuitive writing & pantsing, creative process, magic/mystery of creating/art, art, artists, creating in the moment, value the art, Andrew Ferez, Charles Baxter  |       

The Interview Fallacy

"The Interview Fallacy [is] the fraudulent claim that the artist always knew what he was doing and how he was doing it and can explain the whole business judiciously later when the fires of the work have cooled." (artist)

— Charles Baxter (artwork by Andrew Ferez)

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