everything is circular
that is such a cliched statement. haha.
but it's true.. kinda, maybe? i keep on seeing this circular occurrence in my life, and i sorta can't ignore it. or maybe i'm just finding them, sub-consciously.
that idea came up in mas.110 long ago and far away, with john maeda. (whom i so wish i got to see last wednesday night!) he's the oft-debated president of RISD now, but he was once just an awesome professor at the mit media lab, and he taught mas.110 -- fundamentals of computational media design, a class to which i came with dripping wet hair each week because i was taking a random swimming pe class. haha. to be honest, i don't really remember too much of what i learned in that class, and i can't really explain why i thought maeda was so awesome. maybe it's just 'cause he thought differently, or taught differently, than the bio professors that i was used to. or maybe it was the media lab in general. or maybe he really was great and insightful. whatever the case, i remember that class, that environment.
and i remember a story that he told, on the first day. maeda got his start in japan, where his parents owned and operated a tofu shop. he helped out, in some capacity, and so for a long time, his life revolved around small white cubes.... which originated as huge white cubes, then cut down to size. and many many years later when he arrived in cambridge at the media lab, he felt that he had come full circle -- to another big white cube.
:)
storytelling. i'm really starting to see the intrinsic quality of narratives.
so here's my story of circles. i remember thinking that the media lab was SO cool. i don't remember when this was, whether undergrad or far before, but it was SO cool because it was all hands-on and creative and new and interdisciplinary. but i didn't know those terms, or think of them, just yet. it was just a cool space with cool projects. legos! open spaces!
and now.. legos! open spaces! creative, hands-on, new, interdisciplinary. i'm reading research about mitch resnick and the kindergarten lab at mit. and how it all connects to tangible digital interfaces and everything that i'm interested in. to the maker fad, to education, to different learning styles, to design thinking and constructionist pedagogies. geewhiz.
no white cubes, but somehow, it feels right.
but it's true.. kinda, maybe? i keep on seeing this circular occurrence in my life, and i sorta can't ignore it. or maybe i'm just finding them, sub-consciously.
that idea came up in mas.110 long ago and far away, with john maeda. (whom i so wish i got to see last wednesday night!) he's the oft-debated president of RISD now, but he was once just an awesome professor at the mit media lab, and he taught mas.110 -- fundamentals of computational media design, a class to which i came with dripping wet hair each week because i was taking a random swimming pe class. haha. to be honest, i don't really remember too much of what i learned in that class, and i can't really explain why i thought maeda was so awesome. maybe it's just 'cause he thought differently, or taught differently, than the bio professors that i was used to. or maybe it was the media lab in general. or maybe he really was great and insightful. whatever the case, i remember that class, that environment.
and i remember a story that he told, on the first day. maeda got his start in japan, where his parents owned and operated a tofu shop. he helped out, in some capacity, and so for a long time, his life revolved around small white cubes.... which originated as huge white cubes, then cut down to size. and many many years later when he arrived in cambridge at the media lab, he felt that he had come full circle -- to another big white cube.
:)
storytelling. i'm really starting to see the intrinsic quality of narratives.
so here's my story of circles. i remember thinking that the media lab was SO cool. i don't remember when this was, whether undergrad or far before, but it was SO cool because it was all hands-on and creative and new and interdisciplinary. but i didn't know those terms, or think of them, just yet. it was just a cool space with cool projects. legos! open spaces!
and now.. legos! open spaces! creative, hands-on, new, interdisciplinary. i'm reading research about mitch resnick and the kindergarten lab at mit. and how it all connects to tangible digital interfaces and everything that i'm interested in. to the maker fad, to education, to different learning styles, to design thinking and constructionist pedagogies. geewhiz.
no white cubes, but somehow, it feels right.
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