If I give you a 32 colour set of pens, and I ask you to draw a picture of a seascape by this time tomorrow, which colour do you grab to start?
Surely something that stands out on the white paper.
But not a black because it wouldn’t be a fit…
Maybe a dark blue?
What if I only gave you three colours: an orange, green, and violet?
And, what if we also introduced a new time constraint: you now have ten minutes?
Often when we are looking to create something different, or interesting, having too much choice can simply lead to a repetition of the past.
And ironically, when we start adding constraints, things start to get interesting.
In a world of abundance and availability at the click of a button, self-imposed constraints can be a power in themselves.
