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by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Jul 26, 2016
In the Quest for Light, Being Beauty and the Carrying of Story Reach in and ponder. Wander. And gather up what might be otherwise undiscovered. I recall a couple of years back, in the mountains of the Himalaya, visiting a remote monastery, I met a tertön. Treasure... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Aug 6, 2015
Every great journey starts with a question. The ask is the foundation of listening: you ask, you learn, you speak, you hear, you lean in, you’ll sense and see more wholly. Because you’re closer. The big question always comes as the off hand remark, that if you’re... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Oct 28, 2014
There is a sign, and beneath that sign is another sign. Brands and palimpsest, the layers of content. When I was working in Paris, I marveled at the old shopfronts and the signing on signing — a new sign, on an old sign. You’ve seen them in your town. An old sign... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Apr 22, 2014
When you draw a letter, what happens? A drawing is a drawing out; draw a letter, the string of story unspools and it’s something more. A letter is a map, an anciently originated succession of markings, a thought cartography, a seared, scarred, scratched, penned,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Storytelling | Jun 4, 2013
The Stroke of the Idea, in Sound, Found. When I was in Seoul, looking at, and working on Korean retail design, I stopped and watched a street calligrapher, who was writing phrases on newspaper. In the midst of the noise and flurry of the streetscape, I stood and... Read More
