Schrödinger’s Purpose

Schrödinger's Purpose is the act of coming up with a justification or explanation for something after its completion.

It involves attaching meaning beyond the original intent to make something seem deeper or to mask laziness.

As long as you can make it sound good you can hide a rush job by making it sound intentional and well thought out.

An example of Schrödinger’s Purpose is using a fancy sounding artist statement to justify not having added colour or shading to your drawing. “ The simple black and white represents the polarity of the potential paths of the future” etc etc.

“Ugh I don’t want to do that art assignment”
“Just Schrödinger’sPurpose it”
“What do you mean?”
“Just draw whatever you want, and come up with a way it relates to the project after you’re done”
“Good idea