Just because you don’t have a camera, it doesn’t mean you can’t make a film
By Robbie DaleI love this.
I’ve long been a fan of ASCII Art. Where one man sees a terminal that will only output text only good for the written messages, another sees a canvas full of possibilities. I find it quite beautiful.
But I think it goes further than this. What’s happening in the ‘movie’ above isn’t just a clever idea, or a neat trick – it’s the foundations of the kind of thinking that brings up new ideas. When limits are imposed, you have to become creative to solve a problem. Whether that’s making a film with no more than a typewriter, selling your film with no budget or working out how to give your citizens both free health care and free education without taxing them (we can dream), these limits open a new way of looking at the problem.
In 2010, like any other year, we’ll be given limitations. In 2010 like any other year, we’ll all be asked to come up with ideas to solve problems. Why not let 2010 be the year you embrace the limitations and see them as a help, more than a hindrance.
