This is my favorite way to get up and happily it happens often. I love sleeping and perhaps more so, dozing. And dozing is an easy time to invent. Your mind wanders from one thing to another – often surreally (do you like that one?). Sometimes I feel like I would slumber forever… but then comes that idea for which I have to get up and write down!
My idea this morning was that it would be cool to take screenshots of Dan Zen code in related fonts and post the pictures on flickr. I did this for the Canadian New Media Awards and I wonder if that is why I won. It looks kind of cool! The code below is from Gorgolon, the underwater civilization multiuser sci-fi game from 1995. The game and more particular, the story to match the games I consider one of my greatest inventions. You can read about it here: Dan Zen Blog on Gorgolon
Sleep is good! I have trouble sleeping so that’s why I’m always tired, but I still function. I tend to think/worry a lot so it helps to write things down. I scribble random things onto a notepad.
You won the Canadian New Media award?
That’s pretty cool. I wish I could win an award. I suppose I should start looking for opportunities to do so. Who knows. I mean if you could win an award for taking a picture of code….the sky is the limit right?
One would hope anyway.
I like the idea. Very simple.
I wish I woke up with great ideas. I only wake up wishing I didn’t have to wake up yet… the plague of the non-morning person. I am however, often kept awake at night by the onset of ideas. I think I prefer your affliction.
Just used the Gorgolon code – with another font this time – in thee Gnostics video of Gorgolon found at http://www.theegnostics.com
I find the idea of waking yourself up to create an idea interesting …no wait don’t use the word ‘interesting’
How about unique? Regardless, the idea is a good one, one that I may try, however I think that wanting to do it and actually doing it is much more difficult. If I’m rudely awakened by something like an alarm, or annoying brother my first thought is to go back to sleep before I fully awaken. I enjoy every precious moment of sleep and thus might not be inclined to wake myself up so that I can write down my thoughts, I would probably just hope I would remember them in the morning.
All the thing is existing everyday every moment, we just need to try an new angel to watch our world. Look it in a closer or longer distance, look it at a different angle, good observation is the first requirement. Then train ourselves to explore more odd angle and new angle to see things.
Second ly, we need use and explore more method to do the explosure or do the postproduction or mix and match together. The application is so wide and so interesting. I will do it and practice it for sure.