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30 Days of Creativity: Day 3

The Clearest Way into the Universe

It’s Day Three of my 30 Days of Creativity project, and this creation combines a photo from my John Muir Trail trip and thoughtful quote from John Muir himself. This is part of a weekly meme I’ve started at SoCalHiker.net called Muir Mondays.

The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness. – John Muir

I took this photo in late July 2010, lying on my back on a picnic table in the backpacker’s campground in Yosemite Valley, the day before we began our three-week thru-hike on the John Muir Trail (JMT). The trees swayed in the wind, and reached so tall they seemed to yearn for the stars. It was a perfect setting for pondering the trail ahead.

I tweaked the photo first in SnapSeed, but ended up bringing it into Photoshop to add the text and a translucent gradient (to aid text readability).

In my experience, nature is the perfect muse. What inspires you? Let me know in the comments.

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Creating the Future

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”  – Peter F. Drucker

I was reading a series of predictions about the future that turned out to be quite inaccurate. The results are often laughable, but there was a common thread that I saw. In nearly every case, the quote is attributed to a naysayer who was belittling the value of someone else’s creation — be it the locomotive, the telephone or the computer.

If the creator had taken that feedback and simply stopped right then, we wouldn’t be where we are today.

As you head into the new week, consider… What future are you creating?

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Damnation

I was reading an interesting story about how Netflix (one of my favorite services) is going to start downloading rentals directly to set-top devices hooked to your TV. Great idea, but what really caught my eye was the quote from Reed Hastings, Netflix CEO and founder:

“It (the set-top device) is going to be very slick and easy,” said Reed Hastings, Netflix’s chief executive officer. “We want the TV experience to be very relaxing and not like visiting a Web site.”

What struck me about Hasting’s quote is how he casually damned all of the web in one swift stroke. Apparently, the web is neither “slick and easy” nor relaxing. Is it really that bad?