Manifesto of Growth

1. Allow events to change you.

3. Process is more important than outcome.

37. break it, stretch it, bend it, crush it, crack it, fold it.


These are some key points made by Bruce Mau in his article "Incomplete Manifesto for Growth" that stood out to me. I was so captured by this reading and the inspirational hints to being a great designer. In all of my creativity, these ideas will stay with me the most. The first, "allow events to change you." Feeling defeat, heartbreak, failure, and all other negative emotions is such a fear of mine. But in reality, all of the negative experiences in my life have changed me. All unexpected life experiences (things we never wished for ourselves) inspire us to express ourselves through the beauty that is art. The second point I enjoyed was "Process is more important than outcome." SO true. Designers so often set a standard for themselves that does not allow them to leave that self-made box. Thinking outside the box is when great design occurs. And the third point I enjoyed goes along with the second. Breaking down a creation and rebuilding it only makes it stronger.

Bruce Mau is a genius.