We are all products of our experiences. Our outlook on life, opinions and perception of what is going on around us is shaped to a very great degree by our past experiences and as unique as every individual.
Early in my freshman year at the School for American Crafts the class was given a design exercise to create a vessel using a pyramid. At first I remember thinking this was kind of a simplistic assignment for such a prestigious school – I mean how much is there to a pyramid!
Being nineteen - and stupid as only a nineteen year old male can be - I went storming into my professors office to demand a more challenging assignment. My professor calmly listened to my somewhat righteous tirade and just as calmly told me “I didn’t say what KIND of pyramid – you go think for a while”.
Our class was small – only thirteen kids – and when critique time came I will never forget the lesson I learned and what my professor was trying to tell me – is that thirteen people will have thirteen answers to the same question.
No photo was ever taken of my pyramid vessel – it was only a design exercise – but here is a computer render I made thirty years later from memory.
Speaking about being young and stupid – I ran across this hilarious video of Craig Ferguson on the subject:
Thanks to my blogging mentors Yvonne DiVita (Lip-Sticking) and Tom Collins (Books, Blogs, and Beyond) for pointing me to the video.
David West Nytch CGA www.westandcompany.com
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