A refresher

This evening I attended a talk hosted by The Long Now Foundation given by Brian Eno and Will Wright.

The evening was... well, to be blunt, spectacular. It was largely a discussion of the impact and effectiveness of generative art in society, led by the man who invented ambient music (Much of which is created by having multiple bits of music run at different paces so that they repeat, but become more and more out of sync) and the man who brought forth gaming as a user-created experience to the world. You could almost see the energy in the air as the two rebounded off each others thoughts, resonating with each other to greater and greater heights.

I think I've forgotten that while little trivial passions may be irrelevant in one step, they can inspire others to create things that are not, but would never have been if not for a silly little game made in someone's spare time. So much of my life has become about how to acheive power and greatness and wealth that I've been ignoring that increasingly gaping desire to create things that interest me, not just creating things so that someone else can make money.

This has perhaps... potent bearings on the future.