#reflecitons

A striking digital art piece featuring a woman with platinum hair, wearing a shiny blue outfit and high-heeled shoes, crouching next to a stylized canister.

I summarized my thoughts and key words about my interests and potential directions.

Degree essay-related extracts/thoughts (Success in Graphic Design):

producing all the time. Non-stop making

make failures beneficial

broad outlook is working for you

as an experiment, follow certain algorithms and techniques advised by masters

Summarizing my current interests. Key words:

understand

respond

reflect

structure

process existing info/summarise

My intentions (for future):

to revise (supervise)

to direct (art-direction)

to teach

Related:

multifunctional

being more a businessman in GD

My personal interests and questions:

Why people listen to music, what the need is

why they want to pay !a lot of! money to musicians 

How important is lyrics, what it symbolizes, why it is needed (it is usually obvious and dull) What power it reveals

what is the purpose of art (now)

defining my place in music

Practical interests:

monotonous work with layouts

revising

editing

working with small details

Contextual interests:

sound in visual arts

structures

Nouvel an – Carpe Diem Haiku Kai – octobre 2015 (haibun)

© Clr ’15

Carpe Diem is more than a website or a daily writing prompt…it is a way of life with a mentor who patiently guides us with many  seasoned members who also generously share their gift.  . I can feel the family connection and encouragement among members.   I learned so much from these  experienced siblings.

But this past yea,  this was a place that lifted me when I felt down, allowed me…

supernatural

So I just realized something, over both the past week and the past few days. I’ve been more prone to escapism, and noticing the details in characters in the shows and movies that I watch. This has been going on for a while, but it’s accelerated after I dropped the bombshell and am in Kent for a longer period of time.

I think it has something to do with that long period of time, that maybe it’s not as much the movies or characters, but that emotional resonance and compassion that I might lack time to time could be coming through. I do it most often when I’m talking with Grace, as well - actually, I do it pretty much only when I know that Grace is listening. I want to let go, to have a safe place to feel that I don’t have to keep everything bottled up, and I do that mostly when I’m around Grace. Or when I’m without Grace.

It could also be that since I got to fall in love again, this is the clingy phase, where I dump all of my problems on her. I need to either a) not get into situations where I have problems and b) find ways to vent and deal with my problems that don’t include berating Grace.

evening

A large amount of what I share will most likely never be seen. As in, it will die away. I’ll only be able to show the highlights, and even that may be lost to time. I’ve had this thing where at some point, I want people to go back through what I’ve done or what I’ve written and examine it, study it, appreciate it. But that will most likely not happen, not at all, and I need to go forward with that. Not that I can’t remember what I write, or share nothing, I just can’t expect people to pick apart what I say.