[[Notes]] - Topics: [[Creativity]], [[Self-understanding]], [[Self-expression]] - People: [[Adam Savage]] - Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-1NoqJXX-c --- ## Summary - "[[It is not a problem to solve. It is a process to manage.]]" - [[Adam Savage]] - As long as it's within your imagination, the systems you've created are always in motion - imperfect things that present **infinite ways of refinement**. - Establish as much control as needed at every level. There should be maximum perceived freedom within minimal operating context. - Users should never have to think about what they can't to - they should focus on feeling what they can do. - Both the creation of work and the result of work are processes - **systems in motion**. - The idea of "doneness" is static. An imperfect partial way to perceive the state of something that is constantly in motion in some form. - "[[Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.]]" ## Notes ### Imperfect systems - "If I was going to redesign _this cave_. I think I've nailed it." (400 square foot room). - "**There's still a never-ending series of little things to take care of.**" - "Lighting. I've added them as needed... it's an imperfect system." - The list of things to do will continue to grow as you continuously refine your system - expanding the ways that enable you to express your ideas in the most effect ways possible. To [[Honestly expressing yourself | Honestly express yourself]] ### Systems of control - "I would love to have a much more **monolithic** lighting solution." - A singular connected system with the flexibility of localized control (if needed). - In the context of lighting, it's **all about control**. Control of the source/location, amount, and colour. The purpose of control, for Adam's case, would be to **optimize** for the perspective of the algorithms of cameras, while **serving** Adam as a maker in the space. Lighting should be a system that a **user should never have to think about**. - Localized control is minimized by the global system, without restricting the spectrum of perceived utility. - In other words, a user should **feel** like they have enough **freedom** and **control** to do what they need to do in the space, given what they have. They should feel like they have maximum control, even though control is distilled through the **environment** of which they are apart of. ### A process to manage - "I am constantly thinking about what I would do differently." - "A Buddhist teacher said, '**This isn't a problem to solve, it's a paradox to manage**'. She was referring to life.'" - "The shop is never done. The shop itself, is a process." - The work of making things better is never done. That itself is an ongoing [[I do not believe in styles anymore | process of continuing growth]]. - [[Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.]] - "It looks like it's done... but it's constantly changing." - [[It is not a problem to solve. It is a process to manage.]] - "If you're thinking of things as done or not, you're thinking of it in **static terms**." - "Doneness" is a static snapshot state of something. It rarely represents the totality of something, as everything is constantly in motion in some form. ## Original ![[Ask Adam Savage - If I could rebuild my shop from scratch-1.jpg]] ![[Ask Adam Savage - If I could rebuild my shop from scratch-2.jpg]] ![[Ask Adam Savage - If I could rebuild my shop from scratch-3.jpg]]