10:02 AM
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Normally, I work in two ways: either I have an idea at 4am and jot it down in my journal or I quickly work it out on-screen in Illustrator. I had chosen to do the latter when, in the midst of a warm summer evening, the power went out for no apparent reason. Normally the MacBook Pro is ready to roll, but I forgotten to plug it in the night before and it was as dead as the rest of the house.
After an expletive or two, I quickly scolded myself: a pen and sheet of paper is the birthplace of most of my designs anyway. It was then that I fully appreciated my design education.
I was taught to think. It sounds simple enough, but its not a given. Many Designers attend institutions that do them the disservice of teaching software and technique rather than basic, critical thinking. The quest for the cool overwhelms the need for the considered. These are the folks that, in the same situation - sitting in the dark - are lost.
I started out the evening with a concept and ended with an epiphany. Thank God for power outages.
(In an effort to update the blog more often, I'll be submitting such non-essay-form entries for your consideration that will range from simple observations to highly-opinionated rants. This is the first.)