Jamin Hegeman

Category: Writing

  • Basho on Poetry

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    I recently finished reading The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, & Issa edited by former Poet Laureate Robert Hass. Here are some highlights from what Basho had to say about poetry that I appreciated. Don’t follow in the footsteps of the old poets, seek what they sought. Learn about pines from the pine, and about…

  • Haikus on a Plane

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    Spreadsheet on laptop, book of haikus tossed aside. Where do these worlds meet?   Pressure is building at thirty-five thousand feet. Man I have to pee.   Never always pass on a moment to say what is inside of you.   A fly on the plane – Does he know where this will end? Hope…

  • Analyze the Personality of Your Blog

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    Want to figure out the personality of your blog? Check out Typealyzer. My writing on this blog comes out as ENTJ. There’s also a nifty visualization of the parts of the brain active during writing. ENTJ – The Executives The direct and assertive type. They are especially attuned to the big picture and how to…

  • Designing for Beauty

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    Just finished watching Crash, and am now thinking about the ability films and other media have on stirring emotion and changing our perspective. I used to say that I never felt more emotional than during or after watching a film. There was a time when I would go to a film on a weekend night,…

  • Men are more emotional (designers)?

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    As part of my internship with Adaptive Path, I am writing an essay for the essay section of their website. I’m still formulating what it is I’m writing about, and a colleague recommended I look at design-emotion.com. The first thing I noticed when viewing the site is a list photos, designers who have been interviewed…

  • Support for a Connection Between Writing and Design

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    In relation to understanding the connection in my life between writing and design, I was inspired to read a comparison of the craft of writing to the craft of design in David Wroblewski’s “The Construction of Human-Computer Interfaces Considered as a Craft” from Taking Software Design Seriously. This was required reading for our seminar 2…

  • Plato Knows Interaction

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    We’re reading Plato to explore the fourth mode of interaction: person and cosmos. I’m sure most people would not understand why we’re reading Plato to learn about design. It’s possible there are those in my class that feel the same way. I find it extremely interesting to approach Plato and Aristotle—his Poetics was the previous…

  • Why I Write Poetry

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    Why I write poetry is a question I’ve been asking myself since I started writing during senior year of high school. Recently I’ve been reconsidering the question. What compels me fill a blank sheet of paper with ragged lines of rhyme, alliteration, assonance, and meter? Of all writing, why did I choose poetry? This post…

  • My History with Poetry

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    I was talking to a friend recently about professional money-making pursuits versus artistic pursuits. During this conversation, I mentioned my poetic roots. She asked if I still write, because I never talk about poetry. I could easily write a book about my history with poetry, as it is connected in some way to everything I’ve…