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Twenty thousand leagues under the sea by Jules Verne (1825-1905). This book is the answer to my thoughts on travel. It certainly anticipated the saga...Read more
Several years ago, before cordless phones were a standard household appliance, I was busy cooking a starter – crunchy lentils salad with shrimps – when the phone suddenly rang. The caller turned out to be someone with whom I’d had a misunderstanding. It was important and urgent that the matter be ironed out, and I didn’t think it advisable ...
continue..In your experience, how have errors affected your professional practice and what’s your attitude towards making mistakes? Errors can critically affect the outcome of any work, but they’re also an opportunity for reviewing consolidated practices and routine ways of doing things. As such, they can be very liberating, obliging us to make new deci...
continue..I personally believe learning to be based on errors; it’s essentially an ongoing process of trial and error. A baby basically learns to walk, play, talk, and generally behave in an appropriate manner through trial and error. Any skill we may acquire or ability we may master with time, whether at work or in our private lives, is likewise the fruit...
continue..A sketch comes into focus beneath the scrutinizing eye of a camera lens, revealing an error. Promptly corrected, a new and different figure appears, materialised and dematerialised by strong, alternate strokes of pencil and eraser flaying the surface. That’s how William Kentridge works, by fine-tuning and adjustment, dynamically, hesitantly, step...
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