I think that it’s more effective to keep your space with people just so you have a better understanding of who you are. You need space to differentiate. The more people you understand and stay in touch with throughout your life, the stronger your relationship will be with them and the more you will appreciate them as individuals.

With love, let your feelings out and don’t hold back if it’s right in front of you. The biggest mistake you can make in your life is to not follow your heart. Most people are living a mistaken life. They are not willing to work perpetually towards leadership, independency and fulfillment without detachment from possessions and obligations.

The term “social design” is one that I like kicking around like a soccer ball, hogging it and trying to score on a net with 5 defenders tackling me. I just want to hurt the goalie –  don’t even want to score.

I don’t know why I always use sports as a metaphor for relating to design — I think competition is the first thing that comes to my mind and I can’t help but to write about it

We weren’t “un”social the past two centuries. We were/are growing. We had curiosity and passion mold us to who we are today. We are wise idiots. Nothing but tools, running around, looking, trying to fit into society. There is no such thing as “social” design. Design is a social act. All that we have been making, all that we’ve been striving for and all that we’ve been believing in, dies as soon as we conduct this act.

Now, you may ask, how do you know if a design is dead? Well, that’s why you study, train and practice. You are supposed to be responsible enough to educate yourself and use the resources you have available. I feel sorry for our brains to have to adapt to this techno-funk society, but information exchange and communities determine what is dead and what is emerging. Our  tools for communication have exponentially transformed our lifestyles over the last few decades and we have yet to understand where we are headed at this speed.

The point I’m trying to make is that there is no such thing as social design. If you are not passionate about something; if you’re not facing your fears; if you’re not balancing your selfishness and your selflessness; if you are not trying to understand relationships — most importantly local ones — you are not designing yourself and you are most certainly afraid of failure. This means that there is no perfection and you are in constant change as your experiences define your individuality and your fate.

It’s all nature, let it be. Don’t let anyone tell you what is good — but listen. They don’t know you and want you to be safe based on their understanding of safety. It’s all competition, if you don’t want to battle and feel what love is about, then you’ll never know what you have the potential to kill or save. Predator, prey and play came from nature too. We were never wrong, we have always been social and we shall continue to design. Let nature do its thing.

Just feel the love and spread it. Own your creative body — don’t sell it.

As one human being you don’t have enough brain cells and heart pulses to care for the people you have connected with in your life. It’s harder when you’re actually a good hearted person, because everyone wants your time. This social chatty internet shit makes it more confusing with how to spend your time living a healthy life. You’re not really “supposed” to be in touch with everyone you’ve met.

It’s harder for us to know who our true friends are and who really deserves our energy. So my suggestion is whoever makes you feel more comfortable in your own skin is worth your time. Others shouldn’t matter as much. The more real you are with yourself, and the more you surround yourself by people who “really” know who you are, the less stress you have to deal with.

Stop the frontin’. Your time is valuable and your brain shouldn’t be so distracted by caring about so many other problems. We all just have one body to deal with and one brain to be creative with and one heart to really squeeze and pour-your-love-out with. Maximize its use by minimizing its service.