In your personal practices — every so often — pick a superlative and see what happens.

Biggest. Smallest. Farthest. Fastest. Loudest. Thriftiest. Most elaborate.

It’s a different way of exploring new goals. When you approach the largest canvas you’ve ever worked with, or the shortest composition, or the longest run — but you release other typical expectations, like “best” or “quickest” or “most profitable” — then you’re able to build out a little island of safe experimentation.

Of the many knobs available, find just one and push its limit. See what you can learn.