Comments on: Thinking From The Outside In: Invention And The Car Design Of The Future http://www.danwilt.com/thinking-from-the-outside-in-invention-and-the-car-design-of-the-future/ Conversations On Worship, Creativity and Culture. Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:33:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: boob http://www.danwilt.com/thinking-from-the-outside-in-invention-and-the-car-design-of-the-future/#comment-832520 boob Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:09:21 +0000 http://www.danwilt.com/?p=1443#comment-832520 what a duesch bag idea hahaha what a duesch bag idea hahaha

]]> By: Simon Gaiser http://www.danwilt.com/thinking-from-the-outside-in-invention-and-the-car-design-of-the-future/#comment-814040 Simon Gaiser Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:04:55 +0000 http://www.danwilt.com/?p=1443#comment-814040 Thanks Dan, The adrenalin rush at the anticipation of entering a competition, while participating and then the anxious wait for the results is addictive. It is always good for us to visualise our goals, work towards them and then be so looking forward to seeing the result. Congratulations for being in the top 3, but I guess you may be over that now. However there is always something encouraging for us to reflect on our past achievements. I hope you have fun entering more competitions in the future and striving for excellence in worship and in other areas also! Simon Thanks Dan,

The adrenalin rush at the anticipation of entering a competition, while participating and then the anxious wait for the results is addictive. It is always good for us to visualise our goals, work towards them and then be so looking forward to seeing the result.

Congratulations for being in the top 3, but I guess you may be over that now. However there is always something encouraging for us to reflect on our past achievements.

I hope you have fun entering more competitions in the future and striving for excellence in worship and in other areas also!

Simon

]]> By: rsanch http://www.danwilt.com/thinking-from-the-outside-in-invention-and-the-car-design-of-the-future/#comment-813989 rsanch Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:56:42 +0000 http://www.danwilt.com/?p=1443#comment-813989 "Many designers think from the inside out, starting with what we already know. He started from the outside in, and took us to a new concept." What a fantastic comment to consider! Specifically to corporate worship this evokes great ideas. We always have a focus on designing worship elements considering the context of where we are and what we are doing. What would happen if we considered where we are going and why we need the worship element in the first place? “Many designers think from the inside out, starting with what we already know. He started from the outside in, and took us to a new concept.”

What a fantastic comment to consider! Specifically to corporate worship this evokes great ideas. We always have a focus on designing worship elements considering the context of where we are and what we are doing. What would happen if we considered where we are going and why we need the worship element in the first place?

]]> By: Admin http://www.danwilt.com/thinking-from-the-outside-in-invention-and-the-car-design-of-the-future/#comment-812946 Admin Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:56:35 +0000 http://www.danwilt.com/?p=1443#comment-812946 Great comments, guys! Great comments, guys!

]]> By: Robert Sadler http://www.danwilt.com/thinking-from-the-outside-in-invention-and-the-car-design-of-the-future/#comment-812810 Robert Sadler Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:01:24 +0000 http://www.danwilt.com/?p=1443#comment-812810 The longer I live, the more convinced I am that the most real tangible encouragements come from those unsung that choose to believe in someone. I had one science teacher who wrote in my yearbook "May you realize your full potential." He may have written that in every yearbook for all I know, but I came away thinking "he thinks I have potential..." I carried that for years as an encouragement. For we creative sorts, encouragement often often boils down also to choosing to see the good when we feel melancholy. Both dis- and en-couragement are viral and will spread to those around you. The difference is made each day, not in a large showy way, but like the art teacher and nun mentioned above - in each encounter. May it be so! The longer I live, the more convinced I am that the most real tangible encouragements come from those unsung that choose to believe in someone. I had one science teacher who wrote in my yearbook “May you realize your full potential.” He may have written that in every yearbook for all I know, but I came away thinking “he thinks I have potential…” I carried that for years as an encouragement.

For we creative sorts, encouragement often often boils down also to choosing to see the good when we feel melancholy. Both dis- and en-couragement are viral and will spread to those around you. The difference is made each day, not in a large showy way, but like the art teacher and nun mentioned above – in each encounter. May it be so!

]]> By: Benjamin Tennant (Northeast Austin Vineyard) http://www.danwilt.com/thinking-from-the-outside-in-invention-and-the-car-design-of-the-future/#comment-812249 Benjamin Tennant (Northeast Austin Vineyard) Sun, 22 Feb 2009 04:05:52 +0000 http://www.danwilt.com/?p=1443#comment-812249 Dan, I agree. What a cool story. It is fascinating how a retrospective look at our lives confirms our current reality. Great artists and creative types didn't just become that way in their twenties. It all starts somewhere. I wonder what this means for developing artists and worship leaders? I wonder how we can get children involved in helping to create liminal experiences for others using their creative ability? I wonder what that would look like in a small group, or in a whole church setting? It could be good! Benjamin Dan,

I agree. What a cool story. It is fascinating how a retrospective look at our lives confirms our current reality. Great artists and creative types didn’t just become that way in their twenties. It all starts somewhere.

I wonder what this means for developing artists and worship leaders? I wonder how we can get children involved in helping to create liminal experiences for others using their creative ability? I wonder what that would look like in a small group, or in a whole church setting? It could be good!

Benjamin

]]> By: Justin http://www.danwilt.com/thinking-from-the-outside-in-invention-and-the-car-design-of-the-future/#comment-811751 Justin Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:33:09 +0000 http://www.danwilt.com/?p=1443#comment-811751 This was a very interesting post for me. As someone in the product design industry, I’ve spent more than a little time scratching at the edges of those boundaries and endeavoring to help others do the same. Your story was a good reminder for how critical those moments are where we can choose to embrace the uniqueness of our skills and perspectives. We serve an amazing Creator and were created in His image - I think a key piece of that is that we were *made* to create. In worship and any of the areas God has called and gifted us to work in, I really think He wants to partner with us in pushing us to be creative as we follow in His footsteps. Thanks for sharing this story! This was a very interesting post for me. As someone in the product design industry, I’ve spent more than a little time scratching at the edges of those boundaries and endeavoring to help others do the same.

Your story was a good reminder for how critical those moments are where we can choose to embrace the uniqueness of our skills and perspectives. We serve an amazing Creator and were created in His image – I think a key piece of that is that we were *made* to create. In worship and any of the areas God has called and gifted us to work in, I really think He wants to partner with us in pushing us to be creative as we follow in His footsteps.

Thanks for sharing this story!

]]> By: Lorien http://www.danwilt.com/thinking-from-the-outside-in-invention-and-the-car-design-of-the-future/#comment-811647 Lorien Sat, 21 Feb 2009 02:26:10 +0000 http://www.danwilt.com/?p=1443#comment-811647 I grew up hearing a story that "Pop", who would have been my great-great grandpa, helped to design the Ford engine. He was also rumored to have climbed on top of a car like it was a horse and say "Giddy-up!", and then, "See? It doesn't work". By the way, I entered a drawing contest at a fabric store when I was a kid. We had to color in a picture of a rabbit. I won first prize which was a giant stuffed bunny! I grew up hearing a story that “Pop”, who would have been my great-great grandpa, helped to design the Ford engine. He was also rumored to have climbed on top of a car like it was a horse and say “Giddy-up!”, and then, “See? It doesn’t work”.

By the way, I entered a drawing contest at a fabric store when I was a kid. We had to color in a picture of a rabbit. I won first prize which was a giant stuffed bunny!

]]> By: Dave Gellett http://www.danwilt.com/thinking-from-the-outside-in-invention-and-the-car-design-of-the-future/#comment-811547 Dave Gellett Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:28:58 +0000 http://www.danwilt.com/?p=1443#comment-811547 This is a fabulous post. Thank goodness for teachers who know how to reach people. I had a Catholic nun that was my head teacher and was also in charge of drama productions at the school, She persuaded me to go for a part that I in my young mind thought was way beyond me "There are way to many lines to learn" and many other outbursts later I stood on stage as Moses and with a theatrical stomp cried an impassioned " Pharo Let my people go" As I looked down I saw a gleaming smile and a glimmer of a tear at the corner of my teachers eye. Later as a much older person on a visit back to his old school she told me I had delivered twenty minutes of script without a fault " To think you said you couldn't do it" I was more shocked that she remembered me doing it, I worked out it had been ten years ago. That catholic sister still writes to my mum from time to time ( now some twenty odd years later) She still asks "And how is my Moses doing" Gotta love her. This is a fabulous post. Thank goodness for teachers who know how to reach people.
I had a Catholic nun that was my head teacher and was also in charge of drama productions at the school, She persuaded me to go for a part that I in my young mind thought was way beyond me “There are way to many lines to learn” and many other outbursts later I stood on stage as Moses and with a theatrical stomp cried an impassioned ” Pharo Let my people go”
As I looked down I saw a gleaming smile and a glimmer of a tear at the corner of my teachers eye.
Later as a much older person on a visit back to his old school she told me I had delivered twenty minutes of script without a fault ” To think you said you couldn’t do it”
I was more shocked that she remembered me doing it, I worked out it had been ten years ago.
That catholic sister still writes to my mum from time to time ( now some twenty odd years later) She still asks “And how is my Moses doing” Gotta love her.

]]> By: Tim http://www.danwilt.com/thinking-from-the-outside-in-invention-and-the-car-design-of-the-future/#comment-811543 Tim Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:08:05 +0000 http://www.danwilt.com/?p=1443#comment-811543 That is a really cool concept, especially when I think about connecting with God. How often do we start connecting with God in just the conventional ways, the ways that we are familiar with, when really we should be looking for what God is doing and joining him in it. Also, I think learning to use our strengths in responding to God like we do with our friends and family is key as well. I don't try to be like every one else when I hang out with my good friends. I just be myself and we all get along and have a good time. I think this has to translate more into my relationship with God. That is a really cool concept, especially when I think about connecting with God. How often do we start connecting with God in just the conventional ways, the ways that we are familiar with, when really we should be looking for what God is doing and joining him in it. Also, I think learning to use our strengths in responding to God like we do with our friends and family is key as well. I don’t try to be like every one else when I hang out with my good friends. I just be myself and we all get along and have a good time. I think this has to translate more into my relationship with God.

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