Dish washing the ultimate creative act!
Despite my aversion to doing the dishes, it has taught me some valuable lessons. Here are five that I apply almost daily to my creative practice as a designer.
Questions are the answer
Curiosity > criticism. In the age of AI, success comes from asking the right questions—not knowing all the answers.
Make your own matrix
What if you can free your mind, you can play inside that perfect virtual simulator, and anything is possible if you can think the impossible.
Luck defines life
Luck plays a much larger role in the success or failure of an idea than anyone would like to admit.
Insights are not solutions
Research is often seen as rigorous, while idea creation is seen as a moment of inspiration. Identifying problems and the practice of creating solutions are equally tricky and require radically different skills.
People want to play
Work. Does it always have to feel like a grind, or can it feel like play? It turns out your thoughts make it so.
D+C Selection: Intelligence in the Flesh
Your whole body is an intelligence ecosystem from the moment you are born.
Your dreams one hour at a time
There is the way you think the world is, and then there is the way the world really is. This is the ongoing battle for all of us: to live in the real world, the world where we get to choose what we want to do, even if it’s only for one hour a day.
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Buckets of experience
Experiences fill your experience bucket, otherwise known as your life.
Where do ideas come from?
Ideas go beyond thoughts because they are formulated in a way that allows them to become real.
Listening is the first step
Listening and curiosity are two vital skills for creativity to thrive.
Teaching critique
Not only do we need to offer criticism, but we need to provide tools to help people critique their own work.
Fear is the motivation-killer
Find your people on your “team for life.” They will open endless doors of insight, discovery, and motivation.
Look outside yourself
“But the greatest benefit is to be derived from conversation, because it creeps by degrees into the soul.” - Seneca
The power of archives
I love archives; they connect with our past and help us understand our present and future.
Investigating design
Adopt a detective's perspective to unravel the complexities of your design challenge
Reactive vs Proactive work
Balance is essential. You don’t need to control everything, but you do want control over some aspects of what you do. Doing proactive work can help you achieve this balance.