Creative Expectations

Creativity isn’t just about being unique.  Different for the sake of different can be shallow and self indulgent.  Expectations are powerful; they are strong audience connectors.  Just like a sales person who asks for “yes” repeatedly before making the sale, or when Bugs Bunny bamboozles Elmer Fudd by finding the rhythm of call and response followed by a last moment swap, expectations can lead a viewer down a path you want them to go.

In this video Bobby McFarren plays with the audience and reveals how expectations can be surprising.  Expectations open an audience to your message through the comfort of familiarity.

World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale from World Science Festival on Vimeo.