Was in the middle of work and an entry here last night, but somehow ended up knocked out on my bed.

Better that last night's entry didn't make it to be posted anyway.

Talking to the ntu canoeing alumni about uni made me wonder if it really is the right thing to do, or maybe its just the wrong degree.

In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.

This is especially true to the design industry. I realize that whatever software they can teach you, you can learn on your own with the tutorials provided with the software itself. And one year later, after your course has ended, there's a new version of the software. New techniques, new applications. Who's going to teach you then?

I've been observing those with the degrees, and those who made it on their own, and I realized that those who are taught, are constantly trying to find the logic and familiar ground as the basis of their "creativity". In this aspect, they are critically limited. A self-taught person on the other hand, has limits as high as his imagination. Formulae and logic are the total opposite of creativity. Order versus chaos.

For designers, I don't think that its possible to try to solve a logical problem with logic first. You have to dive right into the other branches of thought.

Design revolves around creativity to solve logical problems. Creativity cannot be taught by another person. It must be practiced and felt.

Then again, I can only see so far. Perhaps there are aspects to the curriculum that I have to experience to appreciate.

Bleh... back to work.