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This site is a little project that lets me make fun of some things and sense of others. I use it to think a little more relationally without resorting to doing actual math.Subscribe
This site is a little project that lets me make fun of some things and sense of others. I use it to think a little more relationally without resorting to doing actual math.
I’m desperated, I can’t imagine what to comment
If only it were true…
I used to believe that too.
What about necessity?
desperation – nothing to blog about
imagination – lots to blog about
I guess I Wonder if I totally miss the point. To me Desperation fuels Imagination; necessity is the mother of invention. The more desperate the situation the greater the need for imaginative solutions. And Imagination is no guard against Desperation; Great ideas have lead good people to bad ends, again and again.
I suppose it goes both ways. Creativity requires constraint… but desperation – real desperation – might kill the energy you need to be imaginative. When I feel creative, I feel either energetic or very “in my head” – when I feel down – or desperate – imagination is my way out.
So that is how they come up with the really lame advertisements
Where is the “MacGyver Curve”? He seemed to have incredible imagination in very desperate situations.
I’m pretty sure that this one goes both ways.
With blatant disregard for the intellectual property of this index card, I created this illustration:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7479611@N04/3655814827/
Up to all of you to find a clever comment for the intersection of the two lines.
I’m pretty sure that this one goes both ways. [2]
The second line better suits the situation when you are paranoid.
Looks like an appropriate description of the recent presidential vote in Iran.
The line would be inverted if the title of this graph were “Don Draper.”
Hmmm… given my desperate financial situation since my lay-off, I’d say that as my desperation increases, so does my ability to come up with imaginative ways to put food on the table…
I agree that increased desperation prompts increased imagination, but I parsed this one as “once your imagination starts increasing, your desperation starts dropping”
But maybe that’s some kind of bell curve?
–Ember–
Love it. And I agree – that’s the way it usually works, all considered, even though there is the odd occasion when desperation brings out the best in some people.
I’m just glad that all of you kind, creative, intelligent people exist. This site, and this discussion, are a refreshing treat.
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