Enjoying the silence of GIFs
The mind fills a silent GIF with sound. The flags flickering in the wind, the lightbulb dancing at a Mexico City bar, to the whistle...
Tag: creativity
Walden, water, and wifi
One day we’re going to miss the powerful silence of the natural world, the way it smells and begs for an inquisition. That’s because “most...
In the blink of an eye…
That’s how subtleties move along, transparent, through the chaos of abundant information for which the likes of Facebook and Twitter sell our eyeballs to the attention...
The unique shall inherit the Earth
There are three ways to stand out and be remembered: Be so good that they can’t ignore you. Be so interesting that they can’t ignore...
Social media companies as old storefronts
If Facebook’s recent newsfeed changes are any sign, social media is in decay. It’s gone from connecting people to Buzzfeed’s linkbait to a nest of...
Your vocation chooses you
We all start out with a dream, a goal of someone or something we want to emulate. We keep that dream close, putting up bedroom posters...
Open spaces, closed doors
Everything is design. While cubicles emerged as the “action office,” they created an environment antithesis to work. Says Dilbert creator Scott Adams, ‘cubicles are like prisons.’ Cubicles are...
The value of making up stuff
Art is what we do with our extra time. It is more leisure than life. “Art is everything you don’t have to do,” as Brian Eno...
Making for the micro
People always made art. Now, we just make it and share it in abundance. But all the noise makes it impossible for aspiring creators to...
Why everyone should blog
Everyone should blog. You do not have to publish 500 words a day. You do not even need to post at all. In fact, writing...
When will digital art get its due?
Digital art is easier to create. Photoshop, Prisma filters — anyone can be an artist by throwing a filter on an image. People associate handwork...
This professor describes the future educated person
Dear digital denizens, please rest easy. That so-called ‘internet addiction’ you have is an evolution of what humans have been doing along — curating, collecting,...