by Jamin | Feb 25, 2014 | Poetry
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,...
by Jamin | Nov 27, 2012 | Poetry
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...
by Jamin | Dec 20, 2008 | Writing
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...
by Jamin | Aug 26, 2007 | Design, Life, Writing
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...
by Jamin | Jul 25, 2007 | Design, Writing
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...
by Jamin | Jan 22, 2007 | Design, Writing
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...
