Autonomy is often the prevailing modus, the process intensely solipsistic. Outsider efforts thus reflect greater individual control over the final creative contour. This is partly attributable to the low-budget operations of many outsiders, and in some cases to their inability or unwillingness to cooperate with or trust anyone but themselves. It’s ironic that the less corporate money at an artist’s disposal, the more singular the vision. In this, the outsider represents greater creative purity, something closer to a natural state.
