Box of Crayons

Learn from everyone, follow no one, watch for patterns, work like hell

Scott McCloud’s books are a thing of genius – they’re about comics, but they’re really about space, life, understanding, design, impact.

His TED talk – which is on vision and eventually on comics – is equally good. The title from the blog is just one of the great points he makes.

(Ironically, I don’t seem to be able to embed it in this blog, so you’ll have to click on this link to follow up).

If you enjoyed this post, you'll also like:

  1. “care like hell and not give a damn at the same time” [Great Work Quote]
  2. “You don’t learn by your mistakes…” (Great Work quote)
  3. Friday Grab Bag (August 7)
  4. Can you tell a story?
Posted on January 26, 2009
Posted in self-management | Tagged , , ,

2 Responses to Learn from everyone, follow no one, watch for patterns, work like hell

  1. Sandy McMullen says:
    January 26, 2009 at 12:51 pm

    Thanks for bringing Scott McCloud to the table. The presentation itself showed a creative intelligent mind at work and matched and amplified the content. I was really surprised at how he mapped the jungian preferences onto his model. I loved the way he showed that being true to your nature and marrying it with your passions yields great results.

  2. Christopher says:
    January 26, 2009 at 10:42 pm

    Sweet – I could listen to TED talks every day…wait, maybe I should…