by Tim Girvin | Apr 11, 2009 | Diary
Getting to the soul of things. What is a thing? I’ve wondered about that. A thing. thing O.E. þing “meeting, assembly,” later “entity, being, matter” (subject of deliberation in an assembly), also “act, deed, event, material...
by Tim Girvin | Aug 9, 2011 | Diary
The Naming of Things THE MYSTICAL ROOTS OF THE GATHERING OF NAMES. An ancient principle of voice struggles in the subjective empowerment of words — as vessels for improvised ideas — and the named premise of ideals. I’ve written in the past about the...
by Tim Girvin | Jan 18, 2008 | Diary
Creative action | reaction 1.18.08 How to work? How do I work? How do you work? A conversation in exploring creative development with ModeStudios Robert Bonniol. How is it that sometimes the first idea is the most compelling, as a designer in process? What happens in...
by Tim Girvin | Aug 8, 2008 | Diary
There are 8 stories. 8 ideas. And 8 ways of thinking about things. 8|8|8 1. On this door. There was a door, that was a door to somewhere else. In merely seeing the door, it was a vision to another place — I knew that it went somewhere. I tried to get in. Any...
by Tim Girvin | Jan 10, 2012 | Diary
When you’re looking at something, how closely are you tuned? I was watching people watch. This is a habit. That is, studying people as they “study” — watching to see how people are paying attention. This couldn’t be any more in-depth or...
