requested red’s slides from sharon de la cruz. decided to sit down with two panes open: open of this note, and one of a browser for red’s slides. going to note down what sticks, and thoughts that i have.


it immediately strikes me that much of itp is lived in competition; rather than collaboration; partly because we’re all vying for the handful of spots that are available for the residency. i’m a strong contributor to that sense of competition, and i’d like for myself not to be.

Collaboration will… jar you, provoke you, confront you, offer you different ways of looking at the world … Allow this to happen. Embrace it.

that cities and architecture must be perceived in relation to the civilizations that produced them.

reveals to me that my enquiry is devoid of a connection to the real-world. why am i examining this, and why must more people too?

“It is by logic we prove, but by intuition we discover.” -Leonardo da Vinci

ITP is about enhancing the human spirit, using the power of technology to respond to the human need for communication and expression.

The biggest danger is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge.

her line matches my defining a strong itp-thesis:

That in order to problem solve and observe, you ought to: Start with curiosity

That you make visible what, without you, might never have been seen.

That you consider why natural phenomena seduce us.