Document 28
I’ve been feeling inspired to write but there is so much in my brain that I’d like to write about that I never start because of the sheer fact that I have too much I don’t know where to start and hence this produces laziness. Overwhelmed in thought. It’s like being overwhelmed by brands. You get analysis paralysis and opt either for nothing or for that which requires the least thought.
But first, before I forget…
Our program, possibly doctor Tom’s class, needs to touch on humans’ predictable irrationality. And Debbie should most definitely interview Dan Ariely.
Two, creative types defy directions. Or just some.
Three, do we all think one dimensionally? If an artist, will you always think like an artist? If a business mind, will you always think as a business mind? Will you adapt the world around you to fit your mold?
Making sense of nonsense.
Just wrote that because that thought sounded cool in my head.
On Wednesday we started a 10 day seminar. 5 days this year, 5 days next. It’s a full course, given our average classes were 13 weeks and included guest lectures. Wow I hadn’t thought of that. Anyways…it’s a class on “critical theory” and I am not sure what to think about it just yet. It’s odd. I haven’t related it to branding. But it has been making me think. It has been waking up my existential side and yesterday alone it inspired me to review my desire to read the book “Who designed the designer?” It has made me think of God and you know I love thinking of God. Discovering the divine is just so fascinating to me.
Anyways. I actually am feeling positively toward this class for the simple fact that it is making me think beyond logic, beyond frameworks, beyond the here and now, beyond giving a presentation, beyond being annoyed with my group, beyond branding in 2016, beyond NYC, the modern world, the future, brands, strategy and all the jazz I’ve been dealing with all semester. It’s encouraging me think about perceived reality. It’s making me think about what Nat sent on chat about the Saint - about how vivimos anestesiados en este mundo. And I like that.
I’m not one who participates much in class. And I don’t see this as anything wrong per se. However, the less you speak the less your personality shines. The less you speak the less people see who you are within. The less you speak the less you “sell” yourself. So I wonder. Then again I’m an absorber. I absorb, digest, and then form opinions. Usually. Which is making me think that this program should also cater to the more intellectual and introverted side of those of us and make us write. Why aren’t we writing essays? Why aren’t we engaging in personal written reflection? We should be, in my humble opinion.
I have let this out. And for now I will go back to reading. But I hope to be journaling more in the days that come.
“La realidad profunda es demasiado eterna para ser actual” Gustave Thibon
But first, before I forget…
Our program, possibly doctor Tom’s class, needs to touch on humans’ predictable irrationality. And Debbie should most definitely interview Dan Ariely.
Two, creative types defy directions. Or just some.
Three, do we all think one dimensionally? If an artist, will you always think like an artist? If a business mind, will you always think as a business mind? Will you adapt the world around you to fit your mold?
Making sense of nonsense.
Just wrote that because that thought sounded cool in my head.
On Wednesday we started a 10 day seminar. 5 days this year, 5 days next. It’s a full course, given our average classes were 13 weeks and included guest lectures. Wow I hadn’t thought of that. Anyways…it’s a class on “critical theory” and I am not sure what to think about it just yet. It’s odd. I haven’t related it to branding. But it has been making me think. It has been waking up my existential side and yesterday alone it inspired me to review my desire to read the book “Who designed the designer?” It has made me think of God and you know I love thinking of God. Discovering the divine is just so fascinating to me.
Anyways. I actually am feeling positively toward this class for the simple fact that it is making me think beyond logic, beyond frameworks, beyond the here and now, beyond giving a presentation, beyond being annoyed with my group, beyond branding in 2016, beyond NYC, the modern world, the future, brands, strategy and all the jazz I’ve been dealing with all semester. It’s encouraging me think about perceived reality. It’s making me think about what Nat sent on chat about the Saint - about how vivimos anestesiados en este mundo. And I like that.
I’m not one who participates much in class. And I don’t see this as anything wrong per se. However, the less you speak the less your personality shines. The less you speak the less people see who you are within. The less you speak the less you “sell” yourself. So I wonder. Then again I’m an absorber. I absorb, digest, and then form opinions. Usually. Which is making me think that this program should also cater to the more intellectual and introverted side of those of us and make us write. Why aren’t we writing essays? Why aren’t we engaging in personal written reflection? We should be, in my humble opinion.
I have let this out. And for now I will go back to reading. But I hope to be journaling more in the days that come.
“La realidad profunda es demasiado eterna para ser actual” Gustave Thibon