Ok, so less than 45 days but still too much. I don’t want to say it’s because I’m busy because its not. I think my inability to post frequently on this blog is because nothing interesting is going on in my life. Up until recently that is.
I feel as though I’ve entered a major depressive slump over the last 4 months. That feeling of satisfaction , that feeling of progress being made, you actually can accustom yourself to it. When I was on coop, everyday I came home I felt satisfied, because I did a lot of work. Frankly, I was working my *ss off, doing plenty hours overtime. Now, the classes I’m in haven’t challenged me, and prior to school starting I pretty much went on a two month vacation to Europe. I’m not saying I’m thankful for it, but it sort of demotivated me. Pushed me slightly off rhythm.
So to get that feeling of satisfaction back I’ve really begun challenging myself lately, I picked up a side project which I’m really proud of. The link is here. Essentially, this new course I’m in, Shaping Technology to Mine the Ornate has really pushed me to get uncomfortable. As in, I’ve never really experienced the creative mindset that comes with the arts. We were given the task of creating a system that would output an ornamentation based on any input. Very broad task, but I’ve decided to take personality quiz parameters and generate an ornament. The aesthetic is close to a neural circuit, which can be dissolved down to a QR code. The long term goal would be to have a photo recognition software that would display the users parameters and similarity rating with the user requesting the information. IDK its a work in progress we will see how it goes.
The photo is of a building by my house, I’ve been messing with Adobe Lightroom as it is the standard for photograph.
Today’s song is Fish made by Tyler the Creator and BadBadNotGood:
Mildly Muddling 