Synergy and Harmony in Dan Phillips’ Creations and Perspective

In this TED talk by Dan Phillips, Dan has such a resourceful, innovative, inspired, and intuitive energy within his approaches, and feels the potential of every object and material he incorporates.

He utilizes materials personally, uniquely, with a light-hearted seriousness (he’s purposeful while maintaining a great sense of humor and being).

I really was fascinated by his discussion of commodity, expectations, and the two different cultural perspectives. He even incorporates the Gestalt principles as sort of a reasoning and argument for utilizing innate creativity instead of conforming to conventional perfectionist ideals.

His outlook on the houses, and his creation of harmony through the pieces remind me of the collages we are about to make for our second project.

When constructing a collage from images, an artist can also waste material and time if they are set on meeting a specific idea in mind.

We can also utilize and think apart from what is expected of us. Like Dan Phillips says, by embracing human nature, the organic process, and what we would conventionally think as”blemishes”, we “reconnect with who we really are“.