If design doesn’t feel good in your heart, it doesn’t matter what your brain says.” ~ April Greiman
Feels Good... On Lake Harriet
Was able to catch my breath and some rest. Sadly, it is apparent my posting will be less frequent but I will make an effort to post some of the wonderful and more profound ideas that I run across while I prep for my sources. This little nugget is a gem and seems to coincide with Steve Jobs notion of design. That design is more about intuition and inspiration rather than intellect.
Even Thumper had goals.” ~ Michelle Goodman, Author, My So-Called Freelance Life
Crisp Winter Morning on Lake Superior
Really appreciate the simplicity of her statement. It is not preachy, nor any threats if you don’t have one but I can tell you from first-hand knowledge they help. They help to keep you on track and to evaluate your success. They can be evaluated, changed, or revised. In short, it is a way to design your life. Ah, that word again, design… To plan and to organize.
If I could tell you one thing about getting involved in design, it would be to have passion. Have undying, unending passion for what it is you’re doing.” ~ Jon Kolko, director at Frog Design, a global innovation and design firm.
All Good Things Must Come to an End... Not at Surfside.
Finishing up my stay that Surfside, was an enjoyable visit… Played… Meaning, I worked. If you can integrate your work and your passion—it will seem you will never have to work another day in your life. I hope, if I do anything at all in the classroom, I impart that knowledge. Creating a career in the arts isn’t easy but I never considered how hard it was. I just kept going through the doors as they opened. I’ve been lucky because each step along the way I enjoyed thoroughly and because I loved what I was doing I worked hard. Some would say, “You went beyond the call of duty.”
I strongly recommend Steve Jobs’ biography because it demonstrates what passion is all about. It’s not about being focused on notoriety or money. Although, they came to him. It is about doing what you love. If you can’t get fired-up about what you’re doing, ask yourself why and discover what makes you glow. Success will follow.
Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes … the ones who see things differently — they’re not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status quo. … You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things. … They push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the people who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.” ~ Apple Commercial, 1997
Drama on Lake Superior
Reading to the Jobs’ biography. Very inspiring… Plus I am visiting You Tube and viewing some of the interviews, commercials and slices of history relating to Apple and Steve Jobs. I’m still on Lake Superior… Enjoying the views of the lake and working on my class plans.” Great day.
Did you ever observe to whom the accidents happen? Chance favors only the prepared mind.” ~ Louis Pasteur
A Bright Winter's Morning
A week from tomorrow I return to the classroom. Putting the final polishes on the syllabi and doing some last-minute prep. I have a splendid seat now while I work. I am in front of the window at my make-shift desk looking over an incredibly blue lake with clouds off in the horizon.
I’m still enamored but the text, Design Basics. The design process can be described many ways but Lauer and Pentak break it down into three simple steps—think, look, and do. What is simpler to understand?
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” ~ George Carlin
The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and even modest talent with those characteristics grows.” ~ Milton Glaser
As my artist’s statement explains, my work is utterly incomprehensible and is therefore full of deep significance.
~ Calvin and Hobbes Comic strip by Bill Watterson
Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.”
~ Winnie the Pooh, Pooh’s Little Instruction Book
