damiencunningham Imaginationencirclestheworld
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
What really interests me about this class is the confusion i saw behind it. However where there is chaos, also comes clarity. The class subject involves a condition known as Synaesthesia where basic human senses naturally and uncontrollably cross over. However the design outcome has nothing really to do with the condition because no one in the class is a synaesthete.
I have chosen to investigate eating and drinking and how its not just about taste. Like drinking a fine wine out of a polystyrene cup. The psychological and psysiological factors contribute to the immediate experience in that the shape of the cup will affect the perceived smell and flavour of the wine, and the material of the cup will affect how it feels on your hands and lips.
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.
I know very little about wine. In fact i know next to nothing when it come to appreciating wine. I have learned to appreciate the things I don't understand more than those I do. I recently realised that whenever i was presented with an opinion on topics which i was unfamiliar, I would unknowingly find myself attempting to argue against that opinion for the sake of stimulating ideas and knowledge.
The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.
The wine experience is one however, which requires the art of tongue and expression. An art which is very difficult to forge.
In order to do this i must investigate deeply into wine and all of its qualities, not just its sensation, but its wisdom and truth.
I wish to create a wine experience beyond any articulate bullshit said about a wines flavour and its sensation on one's palette.
The design path i have chosen in this class is one that interests me, as it steps past the expected product based design and has potential for original and thought provoking ideas guided by historic influential philosophy and personal experience as well as investigation through basic supposition. Most of my investigations in to wine may not even require me to drink anything. Through my attempt to eliminate the expected sensations associated with appreciating wine, i may be enlightened to other aspects of the experience.
Almost every second of our living life we are thinking, investigating, solving problems, and using our imagination. However, we live in a dynamic environment where sensory overload can cloud our imagination. During our first years of living we have the ability to learn and absorb must faster and more efficiently due to our hightened senses, impeccible imagination and unblemished mind. One of our greatest tools to discovering the world and its possibilites are our senses. It is our imagination which senses the impossible, and will never hesitate.
The difference between what the most and the least learned people know is inexpressibly trivial in relation to that which is unkown.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
Albert Einstein, (1879 - 1955) Physicist & Nobel Laureate
What really interests me about this class is the confusion i saw behind it. However where there is chaos, also comes clarity. The class subject involves a condition known as Synaesthesia where basic human senses naturally and uncontrollably cross over. However the design outcome has nothing really to do with the condition because no one in the class is a synaesthete.
I have chosen to investigate eating and drinking and how its not just about taste. Like drinking a fine wine out of a polystyrene cup. The psychological and psysiological factors contribute to the immediate experience in that the shape of the cup will affect the perceived smell and flavour of the wine, and the material of the cup will affect how it feels on your hands and lips.
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.
Socrates, (470 BC - 399BC) Ancient Greek Philosopher
I know very little about wine. In fact i know next to nothing when it come to appreciating wine. I have learned to appreciate the things I don't understand more than those I do. I recently realised that whenever i was presented with an opinion on topics which i was unfamiliar, I would unknowingly find myself attempting to argue against that opinion for the sake of stimulating ideas and knowledge.
The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.
Daniel J. Boorstin
The wine experience is one however, which requires the art of tongue and expression. An art which is very difficult to forge.
Im not like them, but I can pretend.
Kurt Cobain.
Kurt Cobain.
In order to do this i must investigate deeply into wine and all of its qualities, not just its sensation, but its wisdom and truth.
I wish to create a wine experience beyond any articulate bullshit said about a wines flavour and its sensation on one's palette.
The design path i have chosen in this class is one that interests me, as it steps past the expected product based design and has potential for original and thought provoking ideas guided by historic influential philosophy and personal experience as well as investigation through basic supposition. Most of my investigations in to wine may not even require me to drink anything. Through my attempt to eliminate the expected sensations associated with appreciating wine, i may be enlightened to other aspects of the experience.
Almost every second of our living life we are thinking, investigating, solving problems, and using our imagination. However, we live in a dynamic environment where sensory overload can cloud our imagination. During our first years of living we have the ability to learn and absorb must faster and more efficiently due to our hightened senses, impeccible imagination and unblemished mind. One of our greatest tools to discovering the world and its possibilites are our senses. It is our imagination which senses the impossible, and will never hesitate.
The difference between what the most and the least learned people know is inexpressibly trivial in relation to that which is unkown.
Albert Einstein.
posted by Malte Wagenfeld at 9:10 AM
1 Comments:
Hi Damien
Some nice thoughts and quotes; but not quite what phase 4 is about, more in the phase 3 territory.
OK, so we know you want to do something with wine - not a bad choice - wine is about taste, smell, colour, body (viscosity) and also slight mind altering effects, muscle relaxant and if too much intoxication and inebriation.
A little heightens the senses too much dulls the senses.
But what is it you are going to do - that is what phase 4 is about, an actual design project proposal. At the moment you have a territory, a plot of land if you like, but you don't know what you are going to do with it. Are you going to plant tress, build a house, dig a hole and mine the resources or dig a hole and make a lake?
You need to expand on what you have got so far, and you really need to do much more work. It is week 7 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Malte
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