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19 Sep 09
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HOW YOU LIVE CHANGES YOUR BRAIN. -
DOUBT IS BETTER THAN CERTAINTY.
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One of the signs of a damaged ego is absolute certainty.
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‘ Love is the extremely
difficult realisation that something other than oneself is real.
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16 Jun 09
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STYLE IS NOT TO BE TRUSTED.
I think this idea first occurred to me
when I was looking at a marvellous etching of a bull by Picasso. It
was an illustration for a story by Balzac called The Hidden Masterpiece.
I am sure that you all know it. It is a bull that is expressed in 12
different styles going from very naturalistic version of a bull to an
absolutely reductive single line abstraction and everything else along
the way. What is clear just from looking at this single print is that
style is irrelevant. In every one of these cases, from extreme abstraction
to acute naturalism they are extraordinary regardless of the style.
It’s absurd to be loyal to a style. It does not deserve your loyalty.
I must say that for old design professionals it is a problem because
the field is driven by economic consideration more than anything else.
Style change is usually linked to economic factors, as all of you know
who have read Marx. Also fatigue occurs when people see too much of
the same thing too often. So every ten years or so there is a stylistic
shift and things are made to look different. Typefaces go in and out
of style and the visual system shifts a little bit. If you are around
for a long time as a designer, you have an essential problem of what
to do. I mean, after all, you have developed a vocabulary, a form that
is your own. It is one of the ways that you distinguish yourself from
your peers, and establish your identity in the field. How you maintain
your own belief system and preferences becomes a real balancing act.
The question of whether you pursue change or whether you maintain your
own distinct form becomes difficult. We have all seen the work of illustrious
practitioners that suddenly look old-fashioned or, more precisely, belonging
to another moment in time. -
Thought changes our life and our behaviour. I also believe
that drawing works in the same way. I am a great advocate of drawing,
not in order to become an illustrator, but because I believe drawing
changes the brain in the same way as the search to create the right
note changes the brain of a violinist. Drawing also makes you attentive.
It makes you pay attention to what you are looking at, which is not
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Of course we must know the difference between scepticism and cynicism
because cynicism is as much a restriction of one’s openness to
the world as passionate belief is. -
And then
in a very real way, solving any problem is more important than being
right. There is a significant sense of self-righteousness in both the
art and design world. Perhaps it begins at school. Art school often
begins with the Ayn Rand model of the single personality resisting the
ideas of the surrounding culture. The theory of the avant garde is that
as an individual you can transform the world, which is true up to a
point. One of the signs of a damaged ego is absolute certainty. -
Iris Murdoch in her obituary. It read ‘ Love is the extremely
difficult realisation that something other than oneself is real. -
Everyone interested in licensing our field
might note that the reason licensing has been invented is to protect
the public not designers or clients
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Ian HechtMilton Glaser's talk on the top ten things he's learned about life, particularly relating to design philosophy. Good stuff...
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h but at the end
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26 Sep 06
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Will Bolton1 - You can only work for people that you like.
2 - If you have a choice, never have a job.
3 - Some people are toxic. Avoid them.
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"Love is the extremely difficult realisation that something other than oneself is real." - Iris Murdoch.career creativity design_directory ideas inspiration learning lifehacks love philosophy tips
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