Hello friend.

My post–degree studies have brought me back to the foundation of design, namely the dot, the line, and some strange mistranslation of the German noun “Form” into either form or shape, which, depending on the author, could be either.

I have actually moved backwards from studying computational design, using algorithms to create shapes, to making digital lines using a drawing tablet, and have now moved on to what I would call the machine code of design, the bits and bytes of it all: the dot, the point, the directionless and dimensionless shape. And the literature I have with me right now, seems appropriately thin, like you would expect from a good mystery.

ok, I got this, I understand this, let me do something more interesting

This has happened for the following reason: it is easy to move beyond this stage, I think. You can just say “ok, I got this, I understand this, let me do something more interesting”, and off you go. And I did. Passing the grade, moving on, being done, like actually done, as in “done with it”.

But I knew I was hurrying things along. I knew I was actually doing harm to my skills profoundly: logical understanding that is, grasping what is said, doesn’t equal comprehending intuitively. And I want to comprehend, I want to have a solid foundation in my craftsmanship. You and me both know of that sweet spot where work becomes almost like play.

I think this is a good enough proof of life as any. Be so good they can’t ignore you is not just the title of a book I’m reading right now. I think it is an opportunity to do exactly that. And in my case, that all comes back to working on understanding the

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So, join in, why don’t you?

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