Impetuousness of Youth
I often have the kids make some random shape and then claim to have drawn a "Duck" or a "Cat".
It's at moments like this, that, one smiles, and pats them on the head with a "well-done child".
Given enough time the squiggles actually start to resemble Cats and Ducks. And in time they often go beyond what we consider the limits of our own talents. This is a very special moment when the student goes beyond the master's horizon.
Often young professionals are all fired up about their latest creation, and they present the most harebrained, roughly sketched outline as a finished idea. When you scratch beneath the surface, one finds no substance, Yet the new idea seems enticing. Unbaked, but loaded with possibility.
When we came into the industry, we too had harebrained ideas that were based purely on our ignorance. Our immaturity at the time led us to believe that we were onto the next great truth. Looking back I accept that most of what we peddled was horse shit, but a few of the ideas, it seems had a little bit of inspiration in them.
Some of these have over decades, been refined, to underpin all of what we do today.
Point being, that we were at the time foolish and arrogant and as a result, we made rash and uneducated claims that only revealed our ignorance. Every so often, however, we stumbled onto a Gem.
Now we are old and "wise". Every word we speak carries with it the weight of years of practice and refinement.
All our ideas are based on tons of experiments and proof.
When we speak, people listen. (some of the time at least)
Being all grown up, and sophisticated, we seldom talk nonsense.(ya right)
Everything well thought out, and solid.
The price that we pay is we grow old and our ideas grow old and our minds that are precision instruments after decades of practice, run like Swiss Watches. Perfect time. New ideas don't come from being stuck in a rut. New ideas come from wandering into the dark forest without a care in the world.
Creativity is the result of risk-taking, and when we grow up, we lose the ability and appetite, for taking the plunge, with no safety net. As a result of this, we are anchored to old concepts and outdated ideas.
M Parak
July 2018
It's at moments like this, that, one smiles, and pats them on the head with a "well-done child".
Given enough time the squiggles actually start to resemble Cats and Ducks. And in time they often go beyond what we consider the limits of our own talents. This is a very special moment when the student goes beyond the master's horizon.
Often young professionals are all fired up about their latest creation, and they present the most harebrained, roughly sketched outline as a finished idea. When you scratch beneath the surface, one finds no substance, Yet the new idea seems enticing. Unbaked, but loaded with possibility.
When we came into the industry, we too had harebrained ideas that were based purely on our ignorance. Our immaturity at the time led us to believe that we were onto the next great truth. Looking back I accept that most of what we peddled was horse shit, but a few of the ideas, it seems had a little bit of inspiration in them.
Some of these have over decades, been refined, to underpin all of what we do today.
Point being, that we were at the time foolish and arrogant and as a result, we made rash and uneducated claims that only revealed our ignorance. Every so often, however, we stumbled onto a Gem.
Now we are old and "wise". Every word we speak carries with it the weight of years of practice and refinement.
All our ideas are based on tons of experiments and proof.
When we speak, people listen. (some of the time at least)
Being all grown up, and sophisticated, we seldom talk nonsense.(ya right)
Everything well thought out, and solid.
The price that we pay is we grow old and our ideas grow old and our minds that are precision instruments after decades of practice, run like Swiss Watches. Perfect time. New ideas don't come from being stuck in a rut. New ideas come from wandering into the dark forest without a care in the world.
Creativity is the result of risk-taking, and when we grow up, we lose the ability and appetite, for taking the plunge, with no safety net. As a result of this, we are anchored to old concepts and outdated ideas.
M Parak
July 2018
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