by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Feb 2, 2016
THE BIRTH OF LIGHT THE QUEST AND THE LEGENDS OF THE LIGHT FINDER I was holding light, an illumination that reminded me of a salamander of the luminous, curling like an embryo — light lizard. This, on a full-mooned night, the radiance spilling down and lighting the...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts | Jan 28, 2016
I’m looking for paths. The turning — Every thing turns and spins in its order. What? That? I’ve been out, looking at the stars, pondering the turning — and now, the great waves, that roar and roll, persistently. Listening to the water — the turning and churning, waves...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Jan 26, 2016
THE ALLEGORY OF LIGHT — AND THE SHINING WITHIN —- Aren’t we all looking for light, looking into the light? Seems that way. I look in the light and I look into the dark. I live in both of those presences. That which illuminates, and that which darkens — for they are...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Jan 23, 2016
According to the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association (WIMA) website “The purpose of National Handwriting Day is to alert the public to the importance of handwriting. According to WIMA, National Handwriting Day is a chance for all of us to re-explore the...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places, Storytelling | Jan 21, 2016
The Poetry of Transition It is curious that only two seasons speak to action: the Spring. And the Fall. Winter doesn’t describe much, unless we are to infer…inter-ruption. Etymologically, winter is derived from the Old English: water. Summer is merely, in...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Places | Jan 19, 2016
PLACEMAKING AND JOURNEYS ………………….. WORKING + BEING IN A CERTAIN PLACE — A JOURNEY OF FINDING. There’s one thing, to the idea of working in other places in the world — learning to be there: work there, explore there, BE OUT THERE; but invariably that means that you are...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts | Jan 14, 2016
INTO THE MIST — MYSTERY AND UNKNOWING, CLARITY AND KNOWING THE UNCERTAINTY OF SEEING | A JOURNEY INTO THE FOG SOCIETY Time ticks as you walk in the dark, emerging or failing light — and you realize that your true, reliable measure of momentum is the sound of your...
by Tim Girvin | Brands, Concepts, Cool People, Human brands | Jan 12, 2016
David Bowie | Passionate Blood: the emergent hunger of the darker side and the Quest for Light. Exploring the quest of Light and the Dark — the preternatural (brand). I’ve made some observations in the past, about the patterning of passage: people die; and human...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Designers | Jan 7, 2016
The journey of designers invariably involves the alphabet — and most of the rest of us — yet oftentimes we forget the majesty and depth of that system of ancient marks. And most don’t comprehend that the alphabet, while perhaps mostly seen as a series of antiquated...
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Trends | Jan 5, 2016
Sometimes the best path Is the slow and watchful. Recently, I’ve been asked to design some signs — which, on a remote road, ask kindly: “Please Go Slower.” Sometimes in the planning of strategy, for your life, brands and other enterprises — striking out the...
