I saw a Taoist monk hidden in the tree!
November 11, 2022
Watching presentation videos in faster speed
Sometimes I watch presentation videos in double speed to save time and heighten focus (more attention is needed to parse narrations playing in faster speed).
Portrait of a participant during a virtual meeting
I did pay attention to the meeting.
November 9, 2022
Plant in a barrel
This barrel of plant seemed intriguing so I did a quick drawing on spot followed by a more nuanced drawing from memory later.
November 8, 2022
How to choose project team members
More people do not imply more productivity, sometimes it could be the opposite.
Every member should have a clearly defined role that fits their interests and expertise, so that the total union can cover the entire project with just enough redundancy for robustness (e.g., unforseen demands for certain types of knowledge or tasks, or unvailability for some members during certain stages of the project).
Everyone should have the personality to harmonize with others on the team. We don’t need to love each other, but if some members don’t get along the project will be in trouble.
For longer term projects or building your own teams, consider the growth potential of people in addition to who they currently are (e.g., 3 to 5 years down the road versus right now).
Deep focus
Recently I realized that I have not spent enough time for deep thinking and I can notice that my ideas started to suffer. Some of the causes were self-inflicted, such as letting myself distracted by meetings, slacks, or emails.
Regaining self-control is in order.
November 7, 2022
Early morning dream
I often have very vivid and strange dreams with other-worldly sights, sounds, and feels, during which my brain seems to be in a very different mental status from being awake and capable of producing novel ideas. Which made me wonder if I have tapped only a small fraction of my mental power during consciousness.
This is a dream that I partially remembered right before waking up, and quickly drew/wrote down while it was quickly fading. I completed the paintings in the evening via iterative drawing for recall.
November 6, 2022
Mobile and physical paintings
The ability to draw on a small mobile device anytime anywhere would enable the capture of fleeting moment of impression, in addition to relying on visual memory.
I need to learn how to mix paint colors, either physically or digitally (e.g., forcing myself to use only a small number of primary colors and mix on the canvas in the hope that the digital coloring mixing model is accurate enough).
November 5, 2022
Catching the moment
Sometimes I need to draw very quickly to capture a moment of sight or mood before the memory fades. Here are two paintings of sunrise and sunset in the same day.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3gkc8dYpJaI