Questions

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What are you looking forward to?

What has surprised you?

What have you learned today?

Do you believe in magic?

Can you perform magic?

What are you faithful to?

What are you so afraid of that inaction is the better choice?

What is the last piece of music that made you cry?

In what ways are standards getting in the way of your creativity?

How do you define creativity?

Have you ever danced?

When was the last time you went to a museum?

What frightened you today?

What are your favorite mistakes?

Do you welcome the elephants in the room?

Are you the smartest person in the room?

What can’t you live without?

Do you mostly answer questions or ask questions?

Can you finish it quickly?

Who controls your creative work?

Why are manhole covers round?

Have you smiled today? 

What made you smile?

What do you pay attention to?

When was the last time you ate a home-cooked meal?

When was the last time you engaged in any kind of physical activity?

Can you tell a good story?

Has it been done before?

Do you like change?

What has inspired extreme anger in you?

In what areas of your life are you organized and meticulous?

What do you walk away from?

Are you good with math?

What do you deserve?

What do you want?

Have you experienced something new lately?

Can you learn on your own?

Who do you trust?

Have you ever taken yourself to a restaurant for a nice meal, alone?

Do you only know people in your industry?

Could you go a day without technology? A week? A month? A year?

What would make you give up technology?

Do ideas come easily, or do you have to wrestle with them?

What’s your best failure?

Are you interesting?

Are you interested?

In five years you are on the cover of Time and Newsweek (in whichever format they take then), what’s the headline?

How did you do it?

Why did you do it?

Are you answering the right questions?

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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.

Dance (A TED Remix)

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For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, so says Physics. And then there are dancers.

 
The LXD are, without a doubt, the next step in the evolution of the dance art form. 




The TED Conference (Technology, Entertainment and Design) brings together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes.) Each conference is structured around an overarching idea. A TED Remix is a new juxtaposition of talks around a specific theme.

Related:
The LXD: web, facebook, twitter, youtube
Mallika Sarabhai: web, wiki
Pilobolus: web

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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.

Listen (A TED Remix)

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Do you hear what I hear?

 
 
 
 
 

The TED Conference (Technology, Entertainment and Design) brings together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes.) Each conference is structured around an overarching idea. A TED Remix is a new juxtaposition of talks around a specific theme.

Related:
Ethel: web, wiki, facebook
Evelyn Glennie: web, wiki
Julian Treasure: web, twitter 
Benjamin Zander: web, wiki
Sivamani: web, wiki

Ethel by Ethel
Light by Ethel
Evelyn Glennie’s Her Greatest Hits
Benjamin Zander’s The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life

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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.

THE AUTODIDACT DECK: CARD 94

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The Autodidact Deck was introduced and explained in this post.


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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.

Leonardo da Vinci's Resume

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“Most Illustrious Lord, Having now sufficiently considered the specimens of all those who proclaim themselves skilled contrivers of instruments of war, and that the invention and operation of the said instruments are nothing different from those in common use: I shall endeavor, without prejudice to any one else, to explain myself to your Excellency, showing your Lordship my secret, and then offering them to your best pleasure and approbation to work with effect at opportune moments on all those things which, in part, shall be briefly noted below.

1. I have a sort of extremely light and strong bridges, adapted to be most easily carried, and with them you may pursue, and at any time flee from the enemy; and others, secure and indestructible by fire and battle, easy and convenient to lift and place. Also methods of burning and destroying those of the enemy.

2. I know how, when a place is besieged, to take the water out of the trenches, and make endless variety of bridges, and covered ways and ladders, and other machines pertaining to such expeditions.

3. If, by reason of the height of the banks, or the strength of the place and its position, it is impossible, when besieging a place, to avail oneself of the plan of bombardment, I have methods for destroying every rock or other fortress, even if it were founded on a rock, etc.

4. Again, I have kinds of mortars; most convenient and easy to carry; and with these I can fling small stones almost resembling a storm; and with the smoke of these cause great terror to the enemy, to his great detriment and confusion.

5. And if the fight should be at sea I have kinds of many machines most efficient for offense and defense; and vessels which will resist the attack of the largest guns and powder and fumes.

6. I have means by secret and tortuous mines and ways, made without noise, to reach a designated spot, even if it were needed to pass under a trench or a river.

7. I will make covered chariots, safe and unattackable, which, entering among the enemy with their artillery, there is no body of men so great but they would break them. And behind these, infantry could follow quite unhurt and without any hindrance.

8. In case of need I will make big guns, mortars, and light ordnance of fine and useful forms, out of the common type.

9. Where the operation of bombardment might fail, I would contrive catapults, mangonels, trabocchi, and other machines of marvellous efficacy and not in common use. And in short, according to the variety of cases, I can contrive various and endless means of offense and defense.

10. In times of peace I believe I can give perfect satisfaction and to the equal of any other in architecture and the composition of buildings public and private; and in guiding water from one place to another.

11. I can carry out sculpture in marble, bronze, or clay, and also I can do in painting whatever may be done, as well as any other, be he who he may.

Again, the bronze horse may be taken in hand, which is to be to the immortal glory and eternal honor of the prince your father of happy memory, and of the illustrious house of Sforza.

And if any of the above-named things seem to anyone to be impossible or not feasible, I am most ready to make the experiment in your park, or in whatever place may please your Excellency - to whom I comment myself with the utmost humility, etc.”

via cenedella.com

 

What a remarkable way to present his career.

 

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Antonio Ortiz

Antonio Ortiz has always been an autodidact with an eclectic array of interests. Fascinated with technology, advertising and culture he has forged a career that combines them all. In 1991 Antonio developed one of the very first websites to market the arts. It was text based, only available to computer scientists, and increased attendance to the Rutgers Arts Center where he had truly begun his professional career. Since then Antonio has been an early adopter and innovator merging technology and marketing with his passion for art, culture and entertainment. For a more in-depth look at those passions, visit SmarterCreativity.com.