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Metamorphosis

This is a response to this blog post. On the whole i think I am on my way between Transitional and Designerly thinking. Of course, I am sure there are pieces of me that touch on pre-emergence. I scored myself

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presenting and such – week 14

This past week we completed our design and did our presentation. I am a bit disappointed in how we presented. We are very confident in our design and the rationale behind it. Of course, there is always room for improvement

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thankful – week 13

Tuesday’s class was a great reminder. We have inside us all that we need to know at this point to make our design the best that can be. I was in the group that ripped up our design. And following

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You’ve got the love – Week 12

I started this week driving to work with a sense that I was going to be happy regardless of what came my way. A few times I felt the urge to worry or get bogged down with fear or things

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what it is that makes you so happy – week 11

Sing a song. Hope a hope. Dream a dream. Listen to advice (but only when it feels right.) SMILE. Laugh. Be Joyful…. And then keep forever in your Heart what it is that makes you so happy. I started and

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the only way out is through – week 10

A list for the week: Expanding and Contracting sort of feels like a manic-depressive episode to me….we get on fire about something – move forward and contract – then expand all over again and the chaos begins….I know (or at

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lost and found – week 9

I lost my wedding band this weekend. I had (carelessly) put it in my pocket because I was taking them to finally get them fixed. I haven’t been wearing them since the summer because the prongs need adjusted or the

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week 8

I’m just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round. I really love to watch them roll. No longer riding on the merry-go-round. I just had to let it go. – John Lennon I think Marty was right about

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bending or breaking – week 7 reflection

‘Buildings and bridges are made to bend in the wind, to withstand the world that’s what it takes, All that steel and stone is no match for the air, my friend what doesn’t bend breaks what doesn’t bend breaks’ -Ani

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design is like human gestation – week 6

After spending 20 out of the last 29 months housing a human inside my body, I guess it is only natural that I relate the design process to the act of creating a new person. I won’t go into the

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