10-12-2008: Keep Moving

Found on a t-shirt.

07-06-2008: Crash & Learn

Sound advice from Stefan Sagmeister's 'Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far'

12-01-2007: Think Good

As Paul Rand said: "Don't try to be original, try to be good." That's truly thinking different from the usual norm of 'be original'.

06-22-2007: Onwards & Upwards

To go up in life the one most obvious thing that you can't go without. You have to climb and find what's in store for you.
[Photo via - Flickr: Russell Davies]

06-21-2007: The Thin Hard Line Between Failure & Success

Tit for tat!! From the folks at W+K.

05-30-2007: It's How Good You Want to Be

On the third and final day of the Foo & Pullen presentation skills workshop, the message is loud and clear. It is about YOU. And as Paul Arden proclaimed - "It's not how good you are. It's how good you want to be."

05-27-2007: Art = Morality

G. K. Chesterton's great quote finds it's way into street art in New York City. Captured by the roving eye of Sean Ganann.

04-15-2007: The Power of Listening

There is a reason why we have been given organs proportionately. Two eyes, two ears and one mouth. If only we took the time and effort to utilize it in the right proportions, the world would have been a far better place. So talk less and listen more is the message that came to my mind when I saw this visual collage of different ears from a Bang & Olufsen print ad.

This movie's inner message is also a more profound call to listen.

03-28-2007: The Power of Scribbles (Part II)

I have propagated about the power of scribbles earlier. Once again, I am drawn into it's power by John Maeda's entry about capturing words and wisdom, wherever you are, using whatever is at hand. Here he has scribbled some wisdom from Descartes which goes:

"To live is to learn to forget."

Photo is here.

03-15-2007: TED Wisdom

TED 2007 just wrapped two weeks back. This year it was a celebration of icons, geniuses and mavericks with inspiring TED presentations and speeches from an eclectic group of people who can be considered closest to living icons, geniuses or mavericks.

Lorna Heff captures the 4-day event from an illustrators perspective. Seeing Lorna's sketches, I wish I had an ounce of her simple sketching skills. If I were to choose only one of the sketches and take it as advice or wisdom for life, I would choose the Karim Abdul Jabbar sketching. Because it is about positivity and possibilities.

01-18-2007: Holy Cow!

As I sit gazing at my desktop, my desktop gives me this advice.