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John Maeda lives at the inter­sec­tion of tech­nol­ogy and art, a place that can get very com­pli­cated. I under­stand that place very well. I’m post­ing this talk because there is so much of it that I relate with.

This talk cre­ates more ques­tions than answers. It is about observ­ing, ques­tion­ing, and exper­i­ment­ing. Cre­at­ing some­thing new that adds to the uni­verse. Some­thing that brings joy. Orga­niz­ing found objects and every­day things to make some­thing totally new.

John Maeda uses imag­i­na­tion to inspire. Walk one day in John Maeda’s shoes. Think, what would John Maeda do with this? Open your mind to new and cre­ative ways to move for­ward in what­ever you do.

BTW, Mr Maeda is no longer at MIT he is now Pres­i­dent of Rhode Island School of Design. Makes me think about how much fun it could be to be back in school. You can find out more about what he is doing there. http://www.risd.edu/president/

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a trou­ble

archaically fet­tered
to produce

E Pluribus Unum an
island

in the sea a Capi­tol
surmounted

by Armed Lib­erty—
painting

sculp­ture strad­dled by
a dome

eight mil­lion pounds
in weight

iron plates con­structed
to expand

and con­tract with
variations

of tem­per­a­ture
the folding

and unfold­ing of a lily.
And Congress

autho­rized and the
Commission

was entrusted was
entrusted!

a sculp­tured group
Mars

in Roman mail plac­ing
a wreath

of lau­rel on the brow
of Washington

Com­merce Min­erva
Thomas

Jef­fer­son John Han­cock
at

the table Mrs. Motte
presenting

Indian burn­ing arrows
to Generals

Mar­ion and Lee to fire
her mansion

and dis­lodge the British—
this scaleless

jum­ble is superb

and accu­rate in its
expression

of the thing they
would destroy—

Bap­tism of Poca–
hontas

with a lit­tle card
hanging

under it to tell
the persons

in the picture.

It climbs

it runs, it is Geo.
Shoup

of Idaho it wears
a beard

it fetches naked
Indian

women from a river
Trumbull

Var­num Hen­der­son
Frances

Willard’s corset is
absurd—

Banks White Colum­bus
stretched

in bed men felling trees

The Hon. Michael
C. Kerr

one­time Speaker of
the House

of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives
Perry

in a row­boat on Lake
Erie

chang­ing ships the
dead

among the wreck­age
sickly green

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