My TEDxPortofSpain Talk on the importance of Making, Craft, Computation, and Culture .
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Posts Tagged ‘I love learning’
The Power of Making: Craft, Computation, and Carnival (TEDxPortofSpain Talk)
Posted: November 18, 2015 in 365 in 365 days, Architecture & Urban Sketches, Caribbean Architecture, Carnival, Change the World, Colin Laird, Design & Computation, Designs, Digital Fabrication, Life, MIT, New Textiles, TEDx Talk, TEDxPortofSpain, Trinidad & TobagoTags: academic life, academic reading, architect, architecture, art, artist, computation, craft, daily quotes, design, design computation, designer, drawing, grad school, I love learning, line drawing, lines, MIT, PhD, psu, research, sketchaday, tedx, tedxportofspain, tedxtalks, thinking insomniac, vernelle noel, vernelleaanoel, workmanship
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Creativity is Essential
Posted: October 27, 2015 in 365 in 365 days, Abstract Architecture, Cartoons, Change the World, Design & Computation, Designs, Illustrations, Life, Visual NotesTags: academic life, academic reading, architect, architecture, art, artist, computation, craft, creativity, daily quotes, design, design computation, designer, drawing, grad school, I love learning, iamamaker, line drawing, lines, Maker, MIT, PhD, psu, research, sketchaday, thinking insomniac, vernelle noel, vernelleaanoel, workmanship
Creativity is essential…
Embrace it. Develop it. Exercise it.
Prepare. Train. Prepare.
Posted: October 5, 2015 in 365 in 365 days, Cartoons, Change the World, Designs, Illustrations, Life, Visual NotesTags: academic life, academic reading, architect, architecture, art, artist, computation, craft, daily quotes, design, design computation, designer, drawing, grad school, I love learning, line drawing, lines, MIT, PhD, prepare, psu, research, sketchaday, thinking insomniac, train, vernelle noel, vernelleaanoel, workmanship
Prepare, prepare, prepare.
Train, train, train.
Prepare and train for what you want. Should it, or let me say WHEN it shows up, you will be ready. In any form of athletic training, when you skip training day, your body reminds you. Your mind starts to make you think you are tired, or that you can skip another session. Fight that urge, mentally pack your gear and go to training. Should a tournament show up, you are already ready.
Difficult, Important, and Easy
Posted: September 30, 2015 in 365 in 365 days, Abstract Architecture, Cartoons, Change the World, Design & Computation, Designs, Illustrations, Life, Visual NotesTags: academic life, academic reading, architect, architecture, art, artist, computation, craft, daily quotes, design, design computation, designer, difficult, drawing, easy, grad school, I love learning, important, line drawing, lines, MIT, PhD, psu, research, sketchaday, thinking insomniac, vernelle noel, vernelleaanoel, workmanship
Of course it’s difficult. But it is important, so I will keep doing it, until it becomes easy.
I don’t ascribe to describing something as difficult or easy, since that depends on each person’s own perspective. If I have years of experience or familiarity with an area, it might be easier for me than someone who is completely unfamiliar.
But, my main thought here is that with persistence, determination, and consistent work…10,000 hours… It will become more familiar to you. If it’s important to you, it will eventually become easy.
Have a great day everyone!
Design
Posted: September 29, 2015 in 365 in 365 days, Abstract Architecture, Cartoons, Change the World, Design & Computation, Designs, Illustrations, Life, Visual NotesTags: academic life, academic reading, architect, architecture, art, artist, computation, craft, daily quotes, design, design computation, designer, drawing, grad school, I love learning, line drawing, lines, MIT, PhD, psu, research, sketchaday, thinking insomniac, vernelle noel, vernelleaanoel, workmanship
Do it!
Have Passion!
Posted: September 28, 2015 in 365 in 365 days, Abstract Architecture, Cartoons, Change the World, Designs, Illustrations, Life, Visual NotesTags: academic life, academic reading, architect, architecture, art, artist, computation, craft, daily quotes, design, design computation, designer, drawing, grad school, I love learning, line drawing, lines, MIT, passion, PhD, psu, research, sketchaday, thinking insomniac, vernelle noel, vernelleaanoel, workmanship
Have Passion!
Let’s have a great start to a great week!
Imagine…
Posted: September 23, 2015 in 365 in 365 days, Abstract Architecture, Cartoons, Change the World, Design & Computation, Designs, Illustrations, Life, Visual NotesTags: academic life, academic reading, architect, architecture, art, artist, computation, craft, daily quotes, design, design computation, designer, drawing, grad school, I love learning, imagination, imagine, line drawing, lines, MIT, PhD, psu, research, sketchaday, thinking insomniac, vernelle noel, vernelleaanoel, workmanship
It’s been one year since I did this piece. Don’t stop. Keep imagining!
And keep doing.
Imagine…
Posted: September 23, 2015 in 365 in 365 days, Abstract Architecture, Cartoons, Change the World, Design & Computation, Designs, Illustrations, Life, Visual NotesTags: academic life, academic reading, architect, architecture, art, artist, computation, craft, daily quotes, design, design computation, designer, drawing, grad school, I love learning, imagination, imagine, line drawing, lines, MIT, PhD, psu, research, sketchaday, thinking insomniac, vernelle noel, vernelleaanoel, workmanship
It’s been one year since I posted this. Don’t stop. Keep imagining!
And keep doing.
Be your very own hero
Posted: September 21, 2015 in 365 in 365 days, Abstract Architecture, Cartoons, Change the World, Designs, Illustrations, Life, Visual NotesTags: academic life, academic reading, architect, architecture, art, artist, computation, craft, daily quotes, design, design computation, designer, drawing, grad school, hero, heroes, I love learning, line drawing, lines, MIT, PhD, psu, research, sketchaday, thinking insomniac, vernelle noel, vernelleaanoel, workmanship
I think heroes are always there. We may not recognize them at that point in time, but they have always been there. Until that moment when you see them arrives, be your very own hero. But remember, no one does it alone. When you find your hero, don’t forget to be a hero for someone else too.
Happy Friday!
Posted: September 18, 2015 in 365 in 365 days, Abstract Architecture, Cartoons, Change the World, Designs, Happy Friday, Illustrations, Life, Visual NotesTags: academic life, academic reading, architect, architecture, art, artist, computation, craft, daily quotes, design, design computation, designer, drawing, friday, grad school, I love learning, line drawing, lines, MIT, PhD, psu, research, sketchaday, TGIF, thinking insomniac, vernelle noel, vernelleaanoel, workmanship
Have a great Friday, and an even greater weekend!
