“WE ALL LIVE IN A STATE OF PROFOUND ISOLATION.
NO OTHER HUMAN BEING CAN EVER KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE YOU FROM THE INSIDE.
AND NO AMOUNT OF REACHING OUT TO OTHERS CAN EVER MAKE THEM FEEL EXACTLY WHAT YOU FEEL.
ALL MEDIA OF COMMUNICATION ARE A BY-PRODUCT OF OUR SAD INABILITY TO COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY FROM MIND TO MIND.
SAD, OF COURSE, BECAUSE NEARLY ALL PROBLEMS IN HUMAN HISTORY STEM FROM THAT INABILITY.
EACH MEDIUM (THE TERM COMES FROM THE LATIN WORD MEANING MIDDLE) SERVES AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN MINDS.
MEDIA CONVERT THOUGHTS INTO FORMS
THAT CAN TRAVERSE THE PHYSICAL WORLD AND BE RE-CONVERTED BY ONE OR MORE SENSES BACK INTO THOUGHTS.”
– Scott McCloud, Understanding Comics
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“The path forward is about curiosity, generosity, and connection. These are the three foundations of art. Art is a tool that gives us the ability to make things better and to create something new on behalf of those who will use it to create the next thing. Human connection is exponential: it scales as we create it, weaving together culture and possibility where none used to exist.”
Seth Godin, The Practice
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Connection makes us human.
It is communication over an infinite time and space.
We don’t need to be in the same room together to communicate.
I am building a bridge to you with these words, one brick at a time.
You cannot cross that bridge to to enter through the door of my mind.
But you can peek through the window.
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