Class 10/25

So... Even though this morning I was HELLA tired from midterms and other things that I had for today and this week...Todays class was hella interesting, chiefly because of the two TED talks we saw; the first speaker was John Maeda, the second was Scott McCloud.

The first was fun to watch because of Johns take on simplicity and complexity in our lives. After seeing and listening to his speech, I think he is a more simple person than he claims to be. Yes, he does have numerous titles, as he had stated, and have lots of things on his plate with work and his family, but his outlook is that of an exceedingly simple person individual. Most people with so much things going on in life tend to be FAR more stressed and less happy than someone as excited, animated, and enthusiastic about their lives as John Maeda. But, that's just how I perceived him to be in watching him speak about the experiences of simplicity and complexity in our every day lives.

The second speaker, Scott McCloud offered a very different experience. He he spoke a mile a minute, and everything that came out of his mouth was impactful because he images on the backdrop that changed not only as fast as he spoke but also they all were a part of his speech in support as a visual aid to everything he said. However, as a result of him speaking so damn fast, I was left with one lasting impression, which is that of the story about the scorpion riding the frogs back across the water, where the scorpion ends up stinging the frog, both dying, and when they are about to die the frog asks why only to hear, "because it's my nature". I thought, "daaaamn, that's like me" without getting specific, hearing that made me realize that if I don't act upon this realization that my habits, or "nature", are just going to end up keeping me down. Time for change.