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the process or the result?
 

offline nacmat on 2003-08-19 19:18 [#00828844]
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what do you think its more important?



 

offline Refund from Melbourne (Australia) on 2003-08-19 19:21 [#00828847]
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the process, it's where you have all the fun


 

offline kurrrak from Bialystok (Poland) on 2003-08-19 19:25 [#00828850]
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both. but i think it depends on situation


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2003-08-19 19:26 [#00828852]
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the process.

thats why you start over and over.


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2003-08-19 19:26 [#00828853]
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The hole is of greater value than the dirt that comes out of
it.


 

offline nacmat on 2003-08-19 19:29 [#00828856]
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the hole is the result or the process?

in architecture school we normally give more importance to
the process... but man in architecture the result is so
important too


 

offline atgmartin from DeathMallMegaComplexville (United States) on 2003-08-19 19:29 [#00828857]
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It depends:
Buying a kick ass stereo (the process) or a good computer is
fun, but playing music (the result) or games is moreso.
On the other hand, lots of things are more enjoyable while
you are doing it, such as attending a Mogwai concert, than
the consequences (deafness).


 

offline kurrrak from Bialystok (Poland) on 2003-08-19 19:31 [#00828859]
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the more ambition in process you put, the better result you
get


 

offline kurrrak from Bialystok (Poland) on 2003-08-19 19:33 [#00828860]
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blah. going to sleep now. bai bai


 

offline ziggomatic from ??....uv ajed...deja vu....?? on 2003-08-19 19:34 [#00828862]
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speaking of the process.....
tell me if this isn't the most fucked up thread in the world
(the one you made, where i humbily thanked you for
remembering me) :) here

does it fuck up incredibly for you or anyone else??


 

offline Refund from Melbourne (Australia) on 2003-08-19 19:35 [#00828863]
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the result is the most Important

but the process gets you there, and if the process is
flawed, the result will be


 

offline ziggomatic from ??....uv ajed...deja vu....?? on 2003-08-19 19:36 [#00828864]
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woohoo, it's quite different every time :)


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2003-08-19 19:36 [#00828865]
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I guess the hole is the result, but the desire for a hole is
what started the whole digging process, so the hole and the
Platonic ideal hole are at opposite ends of the process.

But where did the platonic ideal hole come from? From meta-
digging? And what inspired the ideal meta-digging? a
meta-ideal hole?


 

offline ziggomatic from ??....uv ajed...deja vu....?? on 2003-08-19 19:37 [#00828866]
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dude this is so weird


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2003-08-19 19:39 [#00828867]
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oooh and even more importantly - do holes at our level of
recursion inspire holes at lower levels?


 

offline darkpromenade from Australia on 2003-08-19 19:39 [#00828868]
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In art.....the result
In life.....the process


 

offline ziggomatic from ??....uv ajed...deja vu....?? on 2003-08-19 19:41 [#00828870]
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???


 

offline nacmat on 2003-08-19 20:35 [#00828929]
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I would have said it the other way:

in art the process
in life the result


 

offline darkpromenade from Australia on 2003-08-19 20:47 [#00828939]
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really nacmat?

in life i feel that the ends do not justify the
means.........how you conduct yourself is more important
than what you achieve

and in art, i'm always more interested in the finished piece
rather than the steps taken in creating it........i'm
interested in it's impact upon me as a complete work rather
than valuing the methods used.

Of course, this is all opinion! :)


 

offline nacmat on 2003-08-19 20:49 [#00828941]
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ok, I agree with you about life.

but still keep my opinion on art

so for me its always the process


 

offline darkpromenade from Australia on 2003-08-19 20:54 [#00828945]
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I can see that for the creator, the process is
important.............perhaps paramount

for the audience, the piece should stand on its merits and
not on it's history


 

offline darkpromenade from Australia on 2003-08-19 20:58 [#00828947]
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and thanks for the most intelligent discussion i've had all
week!


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2003-08-19 21:32 [#00828958]
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*cough*justspammedasongaboutthistopic*cough*


 

offline nacmat on 2003-08-20 03:38 [#00829127]
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actually it was the name of your song what made me think of
the thread question


 

offline pomme de terre from obscure body in the SK System on 2003-08-20 03:40 [#00829128]
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yes, but is the thread of greater value than the song?


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2003-08-20 03:46 [#00829136]
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I think in work the result is more important. By work, I
mean something done to earn a living, even if it is selling
your art. Whilst the behaviour of some corporations is
appaling, caring only about the finished product and not how
they make it (screwing over people or the environment to
make the product cheaper), the vast majority of consumers
care about the end product and not the way it was made.

In recreation on the other hand, the process is usually the
most fulfilling part- it feel a lot better to achieve
something in a difficult way than the easy option. For
example, climbing a mountain on a more difficult route...
Completing a videogame on "Expert" difficulty as opposed to
easy, etc.


 

offline nacmat on 2003-08-20 03:53 [#00829146]
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but if the result is important... isnt it really important a
nice process? a an ambicious proces will surely lead to a
great result.
(somebody already said that in the thread)

its like in football (soccer). there are this coaches that
only worry about the result, but dont care about playing
beautiful football... but in that case if you loose what
have you got? nothing.
but if a team plays good football it will surely win also,
and if they loose at least they have the feeling of having
played really good.

good football leads normally to lots of triumphs


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2003-08-20 04:02 [#00829152]
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In work I don't think most people care about the process-
consumers, and hence managers (ie bosses) want the job done
as well as possible for as little amount of money. Sure, you
could pay a professional graphics designer a few thousand
pounds to do custom illustrations for your annual report and
a very stylish cover, but if it's only being sent to 5
shareholders is it really worth the company doing that
rather than using clip art?

They could make their statements in advertising blurb,
reports etc. more accurate by financing independent research
into the subject, but that's expensive and may not
neccisarily show the results you want... far better to spend
half an hour on google and find some research that has
already been done and agrees with what you're saying and
just reference that instead.


 

offline nacmat on 2003-08-20 04:07 [#00829156]
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I dont doubt this: in real life people just care about the
result, this is a society of results, and if possible fast
results... but I think society shoul give more value to the
process... I think it is here where one really learns and
evolves


 

offline Glitch from New Zealand on 2003-08-20 04:08 [#00829159]
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when making music the process determines the end result.. .
so they are basically the same thing.. . but an audience
doesnt hear the process as much as the musician.. . so by
default the process of little matter.. . the process is also
the thing I hate the most. ..


 

offline Jedi Chris on 2003-08-20 04:31 [#00829181]
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If you totally enjoy what you're into, such as painting
perhaps, then I'd say both the process and the result are
enjoyable.


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2003-08-20 04:56 [#00829219]
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think nacmat was interesting in what you think, rather than
what society thinks :)

without the process the result may never exist. I see the
process as like a building up to the result, so without an
adequate process the 'jump' to the result would be too great
to achieve.


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2003-08-20 04:57 [#00829221]
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...was ^interested^ in what....


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2003-08-20 05:02 [#00829230]
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actually, people keep saying that the process in making
music is of no interest to the audience, but that's not
always true. I find it really interesting to see how certain
albums are produced.
Quite a few stories about Jim O'Rourke (Sonic youth)
production that are really interesting, and people on this
MB are always asking about software/hardware that aphextwin
uses to create his music.

I think the process is probably MORE important.


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2003-08-20 05:12 [#00829243]
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the process


 

offline oxygenfad from www.oxygenfad.com (Canada) on 2003-08-20 05:26 [#00829262]
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Without one you can't have the other. Its all opinions.

The chase is better then the catch says Motorhead.


 

offline purlieu from Leeds (United Kingdom) on 2003-08-20 05:31 [#00829270]
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Example: music.

From an artist's point of view, the process is most
important. Just. If an artist is putting nothing into their
work, and I'm putting everything into mine (or know someone
putting everything into theirs), I value that which has most
effort put in, from an artistic point of view.

From a pleasure point of view, whatever sounds good to me is
my favourite... so the result.


 

offline Chri5py from my Solarbear (United Kingdom) on 2003-08-20 05:57 [#00829294]
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To me... the relsult always reminds me of the process, so
they are as important as each other.

you cna enjoy a result if you weren't part of the process
but not as much.

you'd be gutted if you didn't experience the result of a
process you were involved in.

both these instances can be forgotten about fairly quickly
compared to being involved in both the process and the
result.


 

offline uzim on 2003-08-20 06:17 [#00829334]
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i quite agree with Ceri JC... well, both are important. and
it depends, too.


 

offline cie jiks mawp from motion to descend (Australia) on 2003-08-20 06:26 [#00829348]
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I like art where the process is the result.

Like a line on the page where i can go wow i can see how
they made that mark with a big swipe across tha.. . . mm m
m

Where the result is merely a residue of the process of
making.

Would you rather see a dj cutting and blending and
experimenting or someone just playing an amazing
pre-recorded record?


 

offline nacmat on 2003-08-20 06:33 [#00829362]
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the process can be a result itself, a beautiful one


 

offline uzim on 2003-08-20 06:43 [#00829381]
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cie jiks mawp > but, when for example the dj cuts and blends
and experiments, there IS a result which is not the process:
the process is what the dj makes but the result is what you
hear! if it was just the process, you wouldn't hear anything
since what you hear is the result...


 

offline nacmat on 2003-08-20 07:03 [#00829434]
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in that case process and result are almost one


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2003-08-20 07:13 [#00829451]
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Yes, anything with near to zero latency that isn't being
recorded is pretty much the result and process.

Think of jamming on Re-birth with a midi-controller or
scratching records with no audience.


 

offline Netlon Sentinel from eDe (Netherlands, The) on 2003-08-20 07:47 [#00829489]
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in the relationship i've been pursuing for the last couple
of months it's been all about process, including great highs
and terrible lows. and still we're nowhere. so the
enjoyability of the process has been, well, weird, and there
is no result (still) to speak of. it's not over and it's not
on, if you know what i mean. and yet the process has
stopped, or so it seems. hmm. maybe i should do some more
thinking. but i'm tired of that. anyway. that's my vent for
the day :)


 

offline jonesy from Lisboa (Portugal) on 2003-08-20 07:56 [#00829497]
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Rubbing your shaft is more fun than shooting your sex-wee at
the end, no?


 

offline soze from Kingston (Jamaica) on 2003-08-20 11:27 [#00829728]
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good process produces good product, therefore process is
more important I'd say. Very unlikely to have a terrible
process and produce a great piece of work. I know when I'm
having fun making music the product sounds better.


 

offline nacmat on 2003-08-20 18:30 [#00830331]
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so when we have to do anything, anywork whatever.... we must
not look to the result but to give all our effort to the
process, so that we get a good result


 


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