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The Helsinki bus station theory of creativity

I’ve been in Helsinki for the weekend – watching chessboxing and drinking beer. In honour of which, this theory from a Finnish-American photographer, based on Helsinki’s bus routes.

[T]he Helsinki theory suggests that if you pursue originality too vigorously, you'll never reach it. Sometimes it takes more guts to keep trudging down a pre-trodden path, to the originality beyond.

I’ve been in Helsinki for the weekend – watching chessboxing and drinking beer. In honour of which, this theory from a Finnish-American photographer, based on Helsinki’s bus routes.

[T]he Helsinki theory suggests that if you pursue originality too vigorously, you'll never reach it. Sometimes it takes more guts to keep trudging down a pre-trodden path, to the originality beyond.

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