Archive for January, 2011

I love to judge!

Jan 29th

Posted by Jon Low in Colors of the Mind

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I love to judge. I mean, before this stage of my life I would probably say something like this to you over conversation “To be honest, I try not to judge really. I am not the judgemental sort”.

Today? I think back and realise, what a pretentious honourable prick I was.

  • Honourable in the sense that I did not want to get carried away in my judgements
  • Pretentious in the sense that I was deluded enough to think that one human could be free of judgementalism.

How about You? I don’t know, that is something you will have to answer yourself. Now carrying on, to think of myself as being non-judgemental would be downright like jumping into water naked and not expecting to come out wet.

Judgement occurs to me, as the essence of what we call our perceived reality. It is in fact, not very different to perception. My judgements form what I see, hear and smell. They form how I  treat others around me, and how I use my surroundings to progress my life day by day. There is an “I” in my life because of judgement. As it stands, being judgement free is like letting go of this “conscious awareness” of the More >

Is good?…is bad?…is good?…is bad?…Is it?

Jan 9th

Posted by Jon Low in Colors of the Mind

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I’d like to have a conversation on this concept of how we we imagine outcomes to be. If you are in the professional field or other profession where you spend a large chunk of your day working with others, you will have probably noticed how disappointed people can get with outcomes.

These could be anything you know, unforeseen events that blow your budget, receiving negative feedback on a product our service you delivered, or simply just making mistakes you did not anticipate. Of course, most of us know the majority of disappointment is nested in the fact that our expectations are simply not met. Of course, one could say, the converse to disappointment comes from the same place. That an outcome could somewhat exceed your expectations to a level that leaves you enthralled!

Of course, there are a number of people out there, who are downright honest with themselves when they believe themselves to be somewhat, deemed unworthy of a positive outcome. I mean, would it be satisfying to have topped the states in mathematics only having had twiddled your thumbs and gotten lucky in a multiple choice exam? I leave that for you to answer.

Where is this going? Well, lets take More >

The taste of conversation I enjoy

Jan 5th

Posted by Jon Low in Colors of the Mind

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I’m a fan of depthy conversation, most other things taste like cardboard to me. I mean most people would call these “Deep n Meaningfuls (DnMs)”. It is somewhat mentally stimulating and soul feeding when you talk of the world, your thoughts, observations in a two way manner, building and developing something almost “bookworthy” so to speak. There is of course, the *choke choke* shoot-me reaction you would typically receive from many peers or those observing due to the cliched use of the DnM label. Maybe they wouldnt mind so much if it meant “Dumb n Meaningless” because that is EXACTLY what I am going to share with you in this post today…

WTF? Bear with me.

Anyway, I am a fan of the cliche. Why you may ask? Well I like the cliche for what exists behind it. I hate it for its label as do most people. Let us take this concept of my strong desire/liking for DnMs. Sometimes of course, it can be too much. It can overload people’s processors and your very prescence and sharing of thoughts can be too heavy. It’s like cake without icing. It can just be TOO FULL. Don’t get me wrong then, if “small More >

Paths of Conversation & Cliches…

Jan 3rd

Posted by Jon Low in Colors of the Mind

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So as I am writing an internal dialogue for you to read, I’d like you to imagine that you are in a meeting room where a team of 12 individuals are discussing ideas and ways forward for a 2011 game plan. Imagine that you are sittin in a comfy black leathered chair, positioned adjacent to the window. Where you are, and where everyone is, about a circular table of a gun metal color. The room is well lit.

Now, this team consists mostly of design consultants, all fresh and ready with exploring ideas and demonstrating astute creativivity.

  • There are the alpha males who normally dominate the conversation,
  • The soft spoken ones who would laugh and provide support and unless requested to will not put for their ideas.
  • The Japanes-like individuals who sit there, shut up and watch with a calm and razor sharp focus
  • The one individual who is fleixble in character, and can jump between the afore 3 described modes. Lets call him Chatty to be funny.

So after 40 minutes of intense discussion, the team manager asks Chatty, “I would have expected you to say something, or share an idea however you have been silent this entire meeting. Is there anything you would like More >