…nding that you’ve synthesized something that has never existed without any points of reference. […] The power of [students and society] is that we have the luxury to look back, and we can offer a 2.0 to every idea. If we thought of creativity like tech, without the iPod 1, would we get to the iPhone 7? You know, …
organize, the …ally a through-line. So, what I would challenge you to do in your work, no matter what, is go back. Go back to your earliest memories, or the way that you thought to organize, the way you thought to organize your closet, or what colors were your favorite. Back in that early rational, before you sort of learn too much, that’s when your DNA started.”