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    Kaleidoscopes were just an old world entertainment device... until they got cooperative, electrified, and 3D. This is a month long project to craft a special gift that takes advantage of modern technology.

    CURRENT PROJECT

    The 3D Kaleidoscope 

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    The 3D Kaleidoscope.

    April 23, 2018

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    Jesse Ferguson

    "I want you to make a gift for my wife, something really cool... it's to celebrate that we just became parents, are you interested?"

    I was...

    Then I began to brainstorm.

    Mechanical lion - she likes animals from Africa

    Something made out of human hair - meh too 1850's

    Anothe...

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    Mine your mind V: Sleep on it.

    July 14, 2015

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    Jesse Ferguson

    It can be scary how effective this is.

    Yes it really works.

     

    BUT, what is the best way to get your unleashed dreaming mind to attack a complex problem for a creative solution?

     

    My wife Brenda and Melody my oldest daughter as a baby, problem solving.

     

    I spoke with Luisa Mot...

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    Mine Your Mind III: Broken Symbolism

    June 10, 2015

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    Jesse Ferguson

    AKA "Analogy Breakdown Method".

     

    In High-school I couldn’t believe my English teacher when she said that everything in the book “Of Mice and Men” was symbolic. Be it the color of a shirt, or a mouse in the big guys pocket, everything it seemed could be extrapolated on t...

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    Mine your mind IV: Brain Storming

    June 9, 2015

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    Jesse Ferguson

     

    Brainstorming is like dreaming but while you are awake.

     

    John Cleese defined creativity as open minded persistence. In his speech on the topic of writing he tells the audience that a co-writer for Monty Python is more talented than he is (though Cleese is the one with...

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    Burnt Mechanical Butterfly

    June 8, 2015

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    Jesse Ferguson

     A comissioned gift, this kinetic sculpture tells an ancient story. 

     

    When I was a kid I loved to watch Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. In the movie there is a scene where grandpa is unable to figure out how to make a car fly. All of the old inventors and wise men who are...

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    Mine Your Mind I: For Profit

    April 2, 2015

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    Jesse Ferguson

    Learn how to discover stunningly original ideas without stealing them: 

     

    Kirby Ferguson speaking for TED does an amazing job of convincing us that creativity is actually one of these three:

     

    Copying

    Transforming

    Combining

     

    He explains in his short talk that the concept of a...

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    Mine your mind II: Dreams

    December 31, 2013

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    Jesse Ferguson

     

    This was (almost) exactly what I saw...

     

    As well as I can recall... 

    I stood on some sort of dock or warf overlooking the sea in a dream. A pod of whales simultaneously surfaced and shot sky high jets of flame from their blow holes! I turned toward the elderly woman bes...

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            About this site:

    If you enjoy seeing creative concepts go from drawing board to reality, that's what I am doing here!

     

     

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     RECENT POSTS: 

    The Sign of Jonah

    April 30, 2018

    The 3D Kaleidoscope.

    April 23, 2018

    How to: Living Statue

    December 6, 2015

    Mechanical Insects

    November 2, 2015

    Mine your mind V: Sleep on it.

    July 14, 2015

    Mine Your Mind III: Broken Symbolism

    June 10, 2015

    Mine your mind IV: Brain Storming

    June 9, 2015

    Burnt Mechanical Butterfly

    June 8, 2015

    Mine Your Mind I: For Profit

    April 2, 2015

    Mine your mind II: Dreams

    December 31, 2013

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