Ok this is for my fans of deep inspirational poetry.
The man had the best poets write the lyrics and his songs are a form of worship that have specific times in the day when they can be sung.
I sold my heart in the moonlight to her magic gazes. 😳
I'll go the extra mile and translate the lyrics for your benefit. It's basically soul food if you are inclined to enjoy a late-night trip to the stars and breathe in heavenly scents.
In loneliness, I can plaint [lament, audible expression of sorrow]
Some may define this as a prayer or request being made to God
A desolate [dead] place I can bring back to life [rejuvenate]
When you want [desire] I can not meet you, however
Have a gander at the work of a master (Caravaggio). The Calling of Saint Matthew depicts the moment when Jesus Christ inspires Matthew to follow him and become an apostle. For those of you who may not know, Matthew was a tax collector.
Matthew 9:9 "He saw a man named Matthew. sitting at the tax collector's booth. "Follow me". He told him. and Matthew got up and followed him. Now you see that part of the scripture? Seems like a series of events. Right? WRONG!
Caravaggio inserts human emotion into otherwise sterile words on paper, giving them heft and life. See how Matthew is sitting next to 4 men? Two on his left are consumed by their worldly professions?
You need serendipity! Don’t live in an information bubble!
Wrong. Smart people curate their information diets. This whole social media experiment is hiding a truth from you. They want you to communicate via them. Serendipity comes from REAL life conversations.
It’s why you should always strike up a conversation with people when you are out and about. Talk to the gym receptionist. Talk to the Uber driver. Talk to the security guard. Talk to the nurses. Talk TO them not AT them.
Social media positions everyone to talk AT other people’s talking points which are also curated behind the scenes. It’s all dishonest. It’s perverse.
One of the key influencers of decision making with regards to design from an architectural point of view is the orientation of any building in relation to the sun. The sun provides an immense amount of info about the world. Using that as a guide to work with, instead of against.
So we can look at how art, and photography is heavily influenced by the same concept. Where is the light coming from? How does that create depth? How does it create a relationship between the user and their content.
When we design applications at #moonlit we take this into consideration. We want to be informed by practices other than our own. We get to go and harvest the riches of fields much older than our own.
Game theory:
Pros: Gives you a frame of reference to evaluate information, even if partially correct.
Cons: Gives you false confidence in your assessment of others.
Where does it fail? It gives you a static understanding of a dynamic situation.
If you're an excellent communicator and the person across from you isn't one, you can dynamically convert their frame of reference without much effort. Do you want an example?
Ok, let's take the concept of Russell Conjugation and test it. Finish with a Nietzche example.
Making a sales pitch can cause some people to perspire, others to sweat, and the lucky few can glow. See that? It's 3 different ways to describe sweat. The contextual usage of visual queuing makes it emotionally appealing or repellant.