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We’ve Moved!
Welcome to my new blog space! Over the past week I’ve been in the process of re-jiggering a bunch of things and bringing my blog under the “Brent Manke Design” umbrella. Pretty much everything is finally in place! From here I hope to continue to share my thoughts about communication and design, pass along helpful…
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Deeper Magic
“Death is swallowed up in victory.” “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” – 1 Corinthians 15 Happy Easter!
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Celebrating Two Years of Olivia
Over the past couple of days we’ve had the chance to celebrate Olivia’s birthday with our family. Sunday included a picnic in the park and a trip to the zoo. Olivia’s favourite part (besides the canine guest of honour: Coda) was probably riding around the zoo in a little “safari Jeep” wagon as we looked…
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You Gotta Be Good to Borrow
Good artists borrow; great artists steal. – Pablo Picasso (maybe) While I’ve been hearing this quote a lot lately, and it’s encouraging, I’m not sure it’s right. It’s way harder to borrow than to steal. In high school jazz band, we learned that in the language of jazz improvisation, borrowing elements from the great jazz…
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Say it With Symbols, O}
I was checking out some spoken word poetry this morning and came across this short poem, the one Helvetica Man wishes he’d been a part of…
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Love You, {Helvetica} Man
I love simple symbols and icons for their ability to communicate clearly and recognizably across language and cultural barriers. I guess this is why The Noun Project, with its growing library of icons, has become one of my new favourite resource sites. I did a bit of digging recently to find out a bit more…
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The Words You Use, They Matter
A few years back I was put in the uncomfortable position of explaining the Christian term “spiritual warfare” to a rabbi. I was explaining the training program I was leading at the time (the word was embedded in the title) when he kindly asked me to clarify. Was this some kind of warfare tactic, where…
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Rehearsal
Here’s a quote I heard a while back, but found myself quoting a lot recently: “It takes four hours to get one hour of creative work done.” – David Lynch Tim Sanders wrote a helpful commentary on this idea, in which he talks about the need to rehearse before you create. Rehearsing is a way…
