Re Human Day 47

Re-inventing ourselves has always been the most important skill. I’m re-inventing myself by improving in 15 areas at a time. This post is part of my Re Human project.

Daily Habits

Books: Been really enjoying Creativity: the psychology of discovery and invention. Some notes from today:

Integrity and honesty is so important to find truth.

Fluid intelligence: speed

Cristalized intelligence: making connections, inductive reasoning, etc.

Parents are hugely influential. One of the most important things they influence is Character.

Digital Drawing & Painting:

Today I continued reading my “Drawing on the right side of the brain” book. What a fantastic book. The author is very wise and thoughtful — not only about drawing. Learning to draw is learning to see.

The perception of edges

The perception of spaces

The perception of relationships

The perception of lights and shadows

The perception of gestalt: seeing the whole and its parts.

Just like when you learn to read, once you learn to draw, your plastic brain has been forever changed. You can read anything and you can read for life. You can draw anything that you see with your own eyes and the skill stays with you for life.

Re Human Extended Activity: Fridays is Graphic Design.

I’ve been doing more action instead of learning in graphic design, so today I decided to learn more about theory.

I watched this Skillshare course on “Creating unique logos with Gestalt Principles” and it was sooo interesting.

Very cool how a concept that I learned today in Drawing (Gestalt) also appeared in Graphic Design. The Gestalt Principles I learned about in the skillshare course were: Similarity, Proximity, Continuation, Closure, The Figure Ground Relationship, and Symmetry.

Writing: This post, code, and a daily thought.

Fitness: warmup, handstands, and human flag practice. Today I held the human flag for 5 seconds!

Meditation: 20mins in morning with Muse headband.

Piano: Still practicing recall (best way to memorize/learn ) for La La Land’s Sebastian and Mia’s theme.

Soccer trick juggling: Today I got two around the worlds in a row!

Random Surprise

Today my girlfriend sent me an Oprah video on Instagram that made me internalize a seemingly obvious but powerful idea:

You are responsible for both your energy and the energies you surround yourself with. The better the energies around you the more you can advance to where you want to be.

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