Week 9 Collaboration

Today,

We discussed Vanity and Ego. We also expressed our feelings on ideas.

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Vanity & Ego:

Discuss these questions in relation to a group creating a design in collaboration

01 – Are you capable of being vain about your art & design?

I am capable of being vain about my work but It doesn’t come naturally.

02 – Do you have a healthy ego?

A very low ego level but its helped.

03 – What defines an unhealthy ego?

Low ego or too much ego is unhealthy.

04 – When others want to change your ideas, do you get offended?

No, I appreciate other peoples ideas.

05 – When you are asked for opinions on other’s work, do you compare it to your own?

I don’t compare my work to others standards, to me everyone’s work is on a universal level. It either works or doesn’t… You should compare yours to others in a negative way, for constructive criticism it would be okay only in some instances. Thinking in your head wont hurt though :P

06 - When you are asked for opinions on your work, do you compare it to others?

Sometimes, when a comparison is needed I probably would but I wouldn’t do it in a way that it didn’t seem negative. When it is not needed I would give the opinions that I felt, not what other people have done.

07 – If somebody plagiarized your work, would you be proud?

No, Why would I take pride in my work being stolen? I would Hunt them down.

08 – What is the difference between pride in your work, and vanity about your work?

Pride: Being proud of your work is different to vanity because you can be proud and not be vain.

Vanity: Is excessive pride and over obsession about the appearance.

Accept complements subtly.

09 – Do you expect others to listen when you speak?

Yes, it is a sign of respect.

10 – When somebody else speaks are you thinking about what you are going to say next?

If it is a discussion then yes, but generally I focus on what is being said.

11 – Do you form opinions about others quickly?

Depends, to gather opinions takes time because you need information to judge character but I generally get a feel for the person initially.

12 – What percentage of your judgements about others talents are right?

70%

In regard to creative collaboration:

Discuss these questions - write a paragraph on each and use examples

1 . Do you have a strong belief in your personal ideas?

Some ideas that I have I feel are higher than my other ideas, I generally don’t publicise my personal ideas and that’s because I don’t have a strong belief in my ideas. I don’t think that they are worth much until I get feedback or some advice or I turn a corner and accidentally come up with something great; my ideas are mediocre but I develop them into good designs.

  

 2. How do you evaluate your personal ideas over a period of time?

Time helps me evaluate my ideas because I need space between my creation because I generally stress or fight with my designs and get frustrated, I find when I’m cool headed I produce more. Over a period of 2 weeks, I could create something really good but its missing that extra zing. If I came back to that same picture after not looking at it for 2 weeks I could give it that zing in 5 minutes and make the picture complete. Time helps you gain perspective.

3. How flexible are you in changing your mind about the value of your ideas?

Not as flexible as I could be, I probably could try harder but at the moment im just doing things as they come naturally. My ideas are on the same scale, the universal scale, like others works. My ideas are valuable but they are only valuable if they become something.

4. How flexible are you in changing your mind about the value of others’ ideas?

The same again, others ideas are good, great even but those ideas are only good if you can make them worthwhile. Im more flexible on this front as they aren’t MY ideas but people still amaze me with their ideas and I still get that WOW factor but they are valuable no matter how tiny or big they are.

5. Does hanging on to your old ideas block new ones?

Not block, suppress. If you dwell too much on old ideas you become to unhinged to you new idea. That’s why it helps to let your idea stand for a while without any attention. Ignoring the old helps the new but sometimes it is really hard to block out the old when you keep thinking ‘if only I did this..’ or ‘I could of..’ I just think to myself, relax.

6. Are you slow or fast in moving on when an idea has burnt out?

Depends how much love I put into my idea. When I change over the old idea is still in my mind but it soon goes away after ive started to loose myself in my new idea. Getting carried away in research is my specialty but when I look at all of the things other people have done it pushes me to do better. I don’t think that this is a time waster and that is classes me as “slow” but for me. Time is needed to re calibrate the brain for new material. 

 Commentary:
I really loved this video because of the artistic nature of how it was explained. The imagery was really effective and the overall concept was very strong and dominant. What Stephen Johnson was saying really made alot of sense, ideas are hunches that we work on and they need a combined element to live and grow into strong ideas that maintain themselves.

OVER AND OUT!