Interviews with creative practitioners

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       I wanted to include a social part in my research, such as a survey or interview. It didn't made much sense to me to make an anonymous internet survey for random people, so I interviewed a few creative practitioners that are quite succesfull in what they are doing, including a musician, an illustrator, and a group of filmmakers.
      They all had some interesting responses and strategies on how environment stimulates them and how to beat distraction- such as moving changes places around the table, or working in different outside spots. For some the comfort of their home is the ideal working space, but for some it is a distracting environment. What I found out is that even though a lot about it comes to personal preference, there are some universal factors as we found out in professor Julien Zhu's experiment I referenced before.

The interviews
I will not be sharing the names of the people I interviewed on the Internet as some of them asked me to.
The illustrator shared with me that she prefers to work either outdoor, or in a coffee shop as she find the comfort of her own home too distracting. Another point she makes is that her apartment space is quite small and always looks messy, which adds to the distraction. (another reference to Juliet Zhu- people working in an organised environment tend to perform much better than those working in clutter)

The musician has turned his own home in his ideal working space- quite the opposite of our previous interview. He had covered the walls and even the ceiling with his own sketches, notes and illustrations, which is what motivates him. There he can isolate himself and work without being interrupted in his little world he had created for himself.

The filmmakers are a quite interesting example. As they are supposed to work as a team, distraction is often a problem. But they are aware of that and have a certain strategy- every meeting they have, first 1-2 hours are completely useless, until they get it all out of their system. After that, they can work on their full potential. Another strategy they shared with me- when writing a scrip, they would change spots every hour so that would keep them motivated, giving them to possibility to change the angle- physically and mentally.