CreativeMornings Izmir / Postponing: Melis Danişmend

The things we constantly transfer to tomorrow's to-do list can become a mental weight. Although we know the pleasant relief that will wash over us when what we are avoiding is complete, we still delay it a little longer.

Procrastination can be a form of art: the art of deferred action. It is a technique that has a bad reputation and is often embarrassing. But it can also be a way to claim the ways you wish for your time, with creative possibilities in it.

In the game "Procrastination", where you are expected to wait until it's almost too late, a spiraling source of potential energy is hidden, ready to act at a moment's notice. Narrowing a timeline can be a fruitful exercise of creative restraint, confidence in the unknown. When a window of opportunity shrinks, improvisation and spontaneity can unfold like a flower in a time-lapse video blooming a…