On 8/18/05 3:50 PM, "M P Ranjan" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> However if you ask them to list opportunities for improving what they
>> see around them in the city roads, hospitals, schools, shops, malls
>> and hotels, and homes, to name a few typical places that they fan out
>> to at the beginning of an assignment in design, they come back from
>> field observation and brainstorming and discussions, with each other
>> and with faculty, with a very long list of possible directions, a germ
>> of an idea which they believe is do-able, which in my view is a great
>> way to start building "intentions' and then "convictions' to make some
>> of these "opportunities" a part of their own career goals, very deep
>> commitments indeed, some life-long.
Dear M.P.:
A great way to teach and a good statement of how intentions arise from
situations and are translated into directions to pursue. There is a little
mystery in how this happens, but my view is that perceptual categorization,
reflection, and metaphor shape the intentional proposition that is the first
expression of commitment.
Best regards,
Chuck
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