Friday, January 18, 2013

Artistic Efficiency

How does a chef feel when their creation of hours is consumed in minutes, destroyed completely? Or an author who agonises over numerous drafts of an essay can have their creation consumed by a speed-reader at 800 words per minute. If you want to maximise your artistic effort, here are comparisons of different creative endeavours:

Artistic Endeavour Typical Effort Typical Consumption Time Value for Effort Permanence
Cooking  2 hours 30 minutes 25% Only a taste memory
Painting 2 weeks 1 minute 0.005% Forever
Writing 2 months 1 day 2% Forever
Music 2 weeks 5 minutes 0.025% Can linger as a mind virus
Film-making 6 months 2 hours 0.05% Forever
Photography 2 minutes 1 minute 50% Forever


So the clear winner is photography. Snap away with minimal effort and you can create something that will last forever, and that doesn't require much effort, merely good judgement.
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 21, 2013 at 10:19 AM

    I think you are a bit biased on the value for effort! Definitely the % for film-making should be higher and photography same as painting.

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  2. LewkJanuary 21, 2013 at 10:21 AM

    There's no bias ! The value for effort is calculated by dividing the consuption time by the time taken to create it, the effort. But yes I am biased.

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 23, 2013 at 3:48 PM

    Ah! I should have known, ever so the statistician Lewk!

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