I should say, it can replenish, so maybe it’s more like an aquifer than an oil well. But still, there are times when the patience is sucked up much too fast and it can seem like the well has run dry. NO MORE BLACK GOLD!
I think we all know what I’m talking about. There’s only so much a person can take. Only so much nonsense can be absorbed. Only so much good faith at our disposal.
So, c’mon. Let’s all play nice together and get this done.
Thanks!
I’ve seen first hand a web design shop do logos that were a disservice to the client, big time ad agencies misunderstand the activism, and hot shot design studios grossly misuse a nonprofit’s precious dollars. They were clearly wrong for the job. They probably knew they were. A little more self awareness and humility would’ve helped. Also some restraint. Good lessons to learn no matter who you are.
When you can work anywhere, at any time, when the urge to create strikes you, why not jump right in? Isn’t that part of the beauty of it, to be able to make something wherever it is you happen to be?
Maybe so.
But maybe this time, you hold off.
Let it build. Build some more.
Then get in there and make, make, make.
See how that goes.
Too often it’s a quick lurch this way and that, get this done and then onto the next. So many responsibilities, not enough time, everything has to keep moving. But what if you could just stop. Hold onto a certain moment and just exist in it. Live it, feel it. Think about nothing else. Uninterrupted. No distractions. Just create this one thing. Pour everything into it and then when it’s over, be done with it.
Saying what’s on your mind isn’t always cool. It can often times be counterproductive or worse yet, harmful. Knowing when to not say what’s on your mind is important as a communicator. That way when you speak, it actually means something.
When the work is done on a certain level — thoughtful, well-intentioned, focused on the goal — then the expectation should be the feedback is also handled in an equally productive way. A collaborative design process is a give and take, where both sides work the back and forth from positions of good faith and well intentioned motives.
This isn’t U.S. politics after all.
When you wear a lot of hats, it can sometimes be quite challenging to pick the right hat for the current job. Often like stumbling around in the dark, looking for the light switch. But it can be done. There are times it happens automatically, like a reflex due to years of experience. Others, it must be landed on, after pinging around from hat to hat, nothing fitting quite right.
The most important thing to know: understand there are hats and that different hats do different things.
Otherwise the light switch may never be found, and the stumbling will just go on and on and on.
