container
A container is something that can be shared with someone else. It occupies both the flattened concept of 'content' in an online setting but also physical items such as books, CDs. A pdf is a container, a website is a container. A word is a container.
A container has boundaries by definition, it is defined by them. It is defined by the things that fit inside them, and the things that do not fit inside them. If there was a way to fit something inside a container that did not belong, it would transform the container into a new thing. For example, a movie with sound cannot be played within the pages of a book. If it were possible, you would have invented something similar to a book, but not quite a book.
A container is therefore a container. The concept of a container is itself a container.
#Q :: What is the method for discovering containers?
Work backwards from the outcome
Work backwards from the process
Work backwards from the container and each step is fun
The collection of me-elements as a container of self
a container is a solution space
Words are containers
and logos doubly so
Polanyi’s Paradox - we know more than we can tell. The world does not fit neatly into the word-containers that humans ascribe to it.
Some thoughts need to be winnowed to fit words. Some thoughts can never be anything other than thoughts
The true, eternal tau cannot be spoken
but parts of it can be shown
through art, dance, movement
Words with fuzzy edges.
Sharp things create confusion
The mind makes up the gaps
Words may be clear but sentences are opaque
A container is finite
a tag is a container
elements can be in more than one container
The Emissary's Guide To Worlding
a container is something that can be easily explained to others
Outcomes are containers
Containers are outcomes
#Q :: How to focus on containers not systems?
They are both patterns
Meaning in containers comes from understanding also the pattern they sit within
the container is a film, a book, etc
A project with a recognisable shape or form
An element is something that can go in a container.
A container is an element, but an element is not necessarily a container.
Containers are important because:
- a container supplies restrictions
- Restrictions stop you being pulled around.
- containers are easy to transmit to others
- containers are an efficient way to partition things
Containers have sharp edges (it is in or it is out)
Not all activity has sharp edges.
Not all activity belongs in a container.
The more energy you put into a container and repeat it, the stronger that it becomes, and the strength is cumulative. Obstkiste/density
art is a battery critical mass
How is a container different from content?
Content is a digital only thing, made for attention. Content can be kinds of containers
Content Systemis a sub class of containers.
- Fill the container, then move on
Choosing a container
Think! – What is the most exciting container? Where is the energy?
Does this idea fit the container?
Does this container fit the idea?
#Q :: Is it worth thinking about all the different types of containers that you want to be involved in?
- loops
- design
- animation
- sound design
- social media post: picture
- written newsletter
- music
- track
- ep
- album
Pictures
Pictures as digital files are not containers, they are elements.
What container do pictures fit in?
without a container, it’s hard to justify, see the reason behind or the point of doing them
- Work on the container and the pictures will follow
- social media posts
- a painting, a physical object is a container. A digital file is not a container on its own, it is an element
Sometimes it’s not the drawing, it’s the sketchbook.
Using containers
Sometimes you seem to be at war with yourself, and sometimes you are at war with the world. This causes paralysis. In order to create well you need to create peace within yourself. Find a container that works for this energy. Bounce the energy off the walls inside this container
On the other hand, not