{"id":8582,"date":"2023-06-15T06:08:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T13:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/?p=8582"},"modified":"2023-06-15T06:08:43","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T13:08:43","slug":"june-musings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/june-musings\/","title":{"rendered":"June Musings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For some it\u2019s been graduation season, or it\u2019s final exams but for me this has been a time of lessons. Some are more welcome than others, but as they arrive regardless of welcome, I suppose it\u2019s more important that one come away from them with something be learned or adapted to. Take as an example this blog post, which I\u2019ll go into detail about momentarily.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a new term I learned –<\/p>\n

Executive Dysfunction: <\/strong>Executive dysfunction is a symptom that happens with conditions that disrupt your brain\u2019s ability to control thoughts, emotions and behavior.<\/p>\n

Now it\u2019s more frequently associated with conditions like ADHD, and can also happen due to brain damage or degenerative brain diseases, but when I discovered this term I immediately found it to be a useful addition to my lexicon of disruptions of my creative process. With-out delving too deeply into musings on the shamanic role artists* have in society or common associations between \u201ccrazy\u201d & \u201ccreative,\u201d let me give you a relevant example in this post.<\/p>\n

The other day I blew up my website. Because i\u2019d been steadily building and experimenting with it for a great many years, a recent automated PHP update was failing. It was something that has long been on my todo list, but time was running out before my ISP would require specialized fees to deal with the legacy code. So a plan was developed to invest in the site, something to do with a temporary subscription to managed hosting and the like; all very reasonable. However, in a flurry of activity, out of a misplaced determination to get things crossed off my to-do listed PLUS my new application of the term executive dysfunction, I instead opted for a manual \u201clet\u2019s see what happens\u201d upgrade.<\/p>\n

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So the reasonable investment has been diverted to repairs; hiring some pros to clean up the mess. And the timing is most definitely not ideal, particularly in terms of keeping those who have been a part of my artistic journey informed. Perhaps it\u2019s the price of trying to do to much, or maybe it has something to do with destruction\u2019s relationship to creation (anyone else a fan of Neil Gaiman\u2019s The Sandman?) or it\u2019s all of that plus me trying put a more poetic spin on a self-made-S.N.A.F.U. In light of all that Executive Dysfunction frames it a bit more objectively, sidelining the devil on one shoulder and the philosopher on the other.<\/p>\n

After a little reading on the term, let me share some examples\u2013<\/p>\n