Virtually every moment in industrial society presents another chance to be conditioned to do factory work, instead of challenging the status quo and making art that’s never been made before. All the immediate rewards go to those who increase productivity right now. If you want to find yourself making art, set up some new habits. Abandon the habit of avoiding negative notes in your e-mail (“Phew, everything’s still okay”), and replace it with the habit of measuring how many frontiers you crossed today.
