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Business

Hiring and promotions in business works like this all the time.  It might be political considerations in a University President’s office. It might be a stylistic or theoretical dislike on the part of one of the senior executives at the firm. The reasons can be valid and real, but they can also lead to a compromise candidate that isn’t as well qualified as the ‘best’ candidate.

Creativity

It happens all the time in art too. How? By the artist deciding they must bow to pressure from a gallery director, or a studio head, or the media marketplace.  They want to create one thing but they are told it won’t sell so they compromise and create a Frankenstein instead. Part their vision but part other people’s visions as well.  The result might sell but is probably not nearly as unique or authentic a creation as would have been created if the artist were left alone to create what they wish.

Is this a bad thing? not always. But it is something that often diminishes originality to the point that you end up with something bland and uninteresting. And that’s a shame in my book.


Drawing and commentary © 2016 Marty Coleman | napkindad.com

Quote is adapted from one by Charles Kettering