For years the role of education has been debated in society by political pundits, parents, employers, and even educators. Each of them having their own ideas of not only what it should…
Musing
Confidence: Awards and the Importance of Affirmation
Awards, should these be something we strive for? Probably not. Afterall, we should be filled with altruistic purposes, self-guidance, and the purest of determination right? As much as we’d like to think…
Rest.
In previous posts I mention many times the importance of desire, passion, dedication, and many other qualities of determination. This post, however, is about the importance of rest. Rest is the night…
Celebrity Designers
In just about all aspects of our lives there is some form of celebrity. There are famous people for just about everything. Design isn’t any different. Though as with many occupational celebrities,…
Love Where You Work
A disturbing stat I recently read about the American work force is that 88.5% of males and 66% of females work over 40 hours a week. This equals out to 137 hours…
Failure.
Our ability to create innovative solutions to art and design problems is finite. How we speak and approach art or what I call the “creative vernacular” is typically limited to what we…
Redux.
So lets try this again…. You see I’ve had a website since around 1998 or so, which means my web presence is older than most of my students. And given all that…