Opposition to something is an effective tool of creativity because it gives you something to put your back up against and push away from, much in the same way as having limits and boundaries on your creative outputs makes it much easier to get started when compared to to total creative freedom. Because you can do anything, you end up doing nothing, and dislike works in the same way. People who are nothing but positive about every creative direction end up spreading themselves too wide and making bland, middle of the road accessible-to-everybody slop

I remember Monty Python saying that they were drawn together and began to write not because they all loved the same thing, but because they all absolutely hated all the comedy that was on TV at the time and wanted to make something that was nothing like

Opposition to something is an effective tool of creativity because it gives you something to put your back up against and push away from, much in the same way as having limits and boundaries on your creative outputs makes it much easier to get started when compared to to total creative freedom. Because you can do anything, you end up doing nothing, and dislike works in the same way. People who are nothing but positive about every creative direction end up spreading themselves too wide and making bland, middle of the road accessible-to-everybody slop

I remember Monty Python saying that they were drawn together and began to write not because they all loved the same thing, but because they all absolutely hated all the comedy that was on TV at the time and wanted to make something that was nothing like