My New Year resolution...

I watched a lot of TV over the start of this New Year in Japan. Most of it utter crap. But one thing I saw stuck in my mind...

It was a programme about a designer called Theo Jansen who creates what he calls 'kinetic sculptures': utterly amazing machines that seem almost alive and remind me of some of Miyazaki's creations in Spirited Away...



One thing he said chimed with me. Talking about creation he said something along the lines of '9 out of 10 things that you make will be rubbish but it's the 1 in 10 things that make trying worthwhile'

So my New Year resolution to myself is to try and create something here. Maybe 'create' is too grand a word. But I want to begin recording some of my thoughts, about business, marketing and advertising and how they can be better. About Market Research and whether it can find a more positive role. About my other interests, mindfulness, body awareness and screen culture. About interesting books I read or articles I come across.

My intention is not to think too much about what I write. Or rather, not to let being uncertain stop me from writing. So let me make this disclaimer now - what I write here is my view at the time of writing but it is almost definitely not right and I may no longer agree with it.

So everything I am going to write here is work in progress. But by recording something I hope to move my thinking forward and hopefully create something at some time that I can be proud of. Even if just for the effort that has gone into it.