I have a book at home by Tom Kelley and David Kelley with the following paragraph that I can't help but share.
Please read it and let it sink in.
"With
creative confidence comes the desire to proactively guide the course of
your life, or organization, rather than be carried along on the
prevailing winds. Roger Martin, dean of the University of Toronto's
Rotman School of Management, once told us hat what stuck out to him
about designers is that they always act with intention. While others may
unconsciously go with the default option, design thinkers make
everything a conscious and original choice: from how they arrange their
bookshelf to how they present their work. When they look around the
world, they see opportunities to do things better and have a desire to
change them. Once you start creating things, whether it's laying out a
new garden or starting a new company or writing a new piece of code, you
start to realize that everything has that intention behind it.
Everything in modern society is the result of a collection of decisions
made by someone. Why shouldn't that someone be you?"
After reading this passage I want you to open up to a new page in your sketchbook and create a large-ish shape on the page. Within that shape, creatively and uniquely copy the above quote. When you are finished, photograph this quote and submit that for today's daily sketchbook.
