A personal reminder to choose color over lines.
stemming from our earliest memories from our youth. The way that our bodies shook from the inability to contain the shrill joy that comes with creating something new. An idea, a drawing, a lego structure. With absolutely little knowledge of how the world works, there was pure joy in creating.
We are still these children. Just in new skin. Longer, less flexible and maybe more scarred.
We’ve become so comfortable in the grind and structures of today that we have forgotten that we have the capacity to change the system by choosing to believe in ourselves and what brings us joy.
I believe we weren’t made to color inside the lines. In fact, these very lines, though once guided us in the past, are now the very things that are limiting our growth. I think its time to break them and create color where people couldn’t have imagined that color could be.
Let’s return to that again and just get messy. Let’s color outside the lines—on purpose, with care, with joy, and with our community.
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Read how Im exploring and getting messy with AI:
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Philosophy aside, I move forward with these notions in mind:
Not in the sense that we’re insignificant, but in the sense that the only thing that matters is the joy that my own actions bring me and others– as long as I design (roughly) within the bounds of accessibility and good UX. &of course as long as I’m not hurting anyone.
Aside from that, who cares if someone else likes my portfolio? Who cares if they think the text is too wide or if I used too many images. who cares if someone disagrees with my design decisions? if they think Im cool or like my posts on linkedin?
In response to any feedback received, I ask myself, is this: 100% true, 50% true or 0% true? Then I ask, is this helpful? Then decide what to do about it. Credit to my therapist who recommended this framework to me. 🙇🏾♀️
In a world full of opinions and judgement, my convictions feel like the one thing that is truly mine.
The truth: We’re all just figuring it out as we go.