Vision

May 14, 2019 Carl Barnett

“Building the future starts with building the self.”

To have a strong vision forward, one needs a strong inner vision: knowing one’s strengths and weaknesses, desires and fears. This self knowledge no matter the depth is what sheds light upon the path forward, not only for ourselves but others. Building the future starts with building the self.

“The creative arenas all have the inherent capacity to inspire, be it a calming moment or political change.”

It is here that design plays a big part, where the creative mind bridges forward momentum, inspiring the necessary dialogue between the self, where we are and where we hope to go. The creative arenas all have the inherent capacity to inspire, be it a calming moment or political change. This is dependent upon our engagement in the surrounding environment or the object at hand.

“What we have created, we can then, rebuild, dissect and expand upon.”

The capacity for change is in direct proportion to our belief systems: doctrines and dogmas. But this is not to say that change cannot happen within our own built environments, we are in fact the architects of our own realities. What we have created, we can then, rebuild, dissect and expand upon. It is this what the creative mind does: massages and vacillates our vision forward.

“To move forward we must step back and view the bigger picture, eyes wide open with clarity of vision and deeds of intention.”

If we are to create the needed changes in our social well being, we first need to accept that change is paramount at this point in time. To move forward we must step back and view the bigger picture, eyes wide open with clarity of vision and deeds of intention. What the eye sees, the mind can change.

Beauty and Design

May 7, 2019 Carl Barnett

”In a world gone greatly askew, how we live is part and parcel to resolution and illumination: clarity in a fast changing and hypocritical time.”

Beauty is a conduit to joy, an elixir that soothes the troubled mind and body. In a world gone greatly askew, how we live is part and parcel to resolution and illumination: clarity in a fast changing and hypocritical time. This is not to suggest that beauty is the resolve, but perhaps an element of ease: a piece to the larger puzzle.

The democracy of design is a blanket that stretches across social divides, facilitating an opportunity of hope and change, will and forward vision. This can be seen in how our cities are being formed, how architecture is opening up social divides and better exposure to nature. It is also an inherent value of interior and product design, inspiring and uplifting all those who engage.

“It is here that the culmination of the creative mind and emotion expand, giving rise to inspiration, igniting possibilities: fueling momentum and affecting the future to be.”

Beauty and design are the structures of support that inspires a bigger picture for better living, social change and political resolve. They are the tools for digging deeper and building further: foundations to our beacons of hope. What propels this is our deepest desire for change: the betterment of ourselves, government and the world we share. This desire is our genetic mindset to survive, but too our innate draw to beauty, wonder and the emotions it brings. It is here that the culmination of the creative mind and emotion expand, giving rise to inspiration, igniting possibilities: fueling momentum and affecting the future to be.

Creative Mind

May 3, 2019 Carl Barnett

“To inspire and to be inspired.”

I do not need much in my life, in fact prefer very little: simplicity is my preference to how I live. What I need or more deeply, desire, is a matter of significance, meaning and purpose: to feel that I have something to offer, rather than a need to have or to take. To inspire and to be inspired.

My want for things is less than it has been in decades. What I do own I have layered with meaning and story, so much that there is emotion attached to the physical object: a sense of something bigger than itself. This is what the creative mind can do: facilitating levels of emotion, inspired living, filling in the gaps where meaning is void, where inspiration is needed.

“Here is where inspiration is manifested, tethering emotion and thought with the act of doing, allowing for meaning, clarifying purpose, clearing the path for light to come in.”

We are pushed by will and pulled by hope as we traverse the unknown terrain forward. This the creative mind vacillates: bridging the here and now to the future possible. Here is where inspiration is manifested, tethering emotion and thought with the act of doing, allowing for meaning, clarifying purpose, clearing the path for light to come in.

Choices

May 1, 2019 Carl Barnett

“This is where we are, where we can go if we choose to see the truth.”

It doesn’t take much to realize that our world is increasingly faulting, that our government is fractured and crumbling, nor will it take an extraordinary amount of effort to find resolve or to at least turn a corner. This is where we are, where we can go if we choose to see the truth.

As human beings we are fallible, our brains have not developed to fit our fast changing world. But this does not mean we cannot affect change. We are in charge of our minds, we can question our doctrines and act accordingly: we can, and must. At this point in time the effort must be greater to smooth the future and ease our current ills. This is a matter of choice, to question who we are and who we choose to become for ourselves and those who surround. The future demands this, today warrants it.

“It is simply a matter of doing, a natural way of living as human nature is built from compassion, empathy and love.”

Personally speaking I have felt a little overwhelmed but see it all in a slightly different light, a shift in mindset. What I can affect is in front of me: efforts in graduated scales. Small steps, leaps and grand gestures all come into play. It is simply a matter of doing, a natural way of living as human nature is built from compassion, empathy and love.

Warka Water, Dorza by Arturo Vittori.Photo- Leone Magliocchetti Lombi. — **Warka Water, Dorza by Arturo Vittori.**
Photo- Leone Magliocchetti Lombi.

Romantic as this may sound, do not dismiss the intention: the power of the human mind and emotion are strong if fully utilized. From this we built our contemporary world, we can build a better one if we choose. Again, this comes back to choice, to realize that we do indeed have one. There are two paths before us at every moment and daybreak.

Behind every mountain peak is another. This is life and time moving, our steps forward, choices of mind, inspiration and action.

Bridges

April 28, 2019 Carl Barnett

***Kathryn Robinson-Millen Ceramic Studio***

“It is within the realm of the hand created most specifically that helps to facilitate a better living and working environment.”

To inspire better living is to surround oneself with beauty, with that which evokes and challenges. This is inherent in the realm of interior design, a layering of all that uplifts and calms, smoothing the edges of our challenging world.

It is within the realm of the hand created most specifically that helps to facilitate a better living and working environment. This vacillates mood, thought and even action in any given moment dependent upon our interaction and needs.

“How we live as individuals will in turn assist in transforming our collective society.”

The present and our futures are such that we must raise our standards of living, prioritizing resolve and support within our circles and beyond: inspiring ripples that move toward the coming future. How we live as individuals will in turn assist in transforming our collective society. Not a fix perhaps but a bridge in the right direction.