Overview
Welcome to the FreakGenius Academy
What you learn
Thoughful Action is the fundament of these teachings. Every person in the Freak Genius Academy will strive to do as many of the following whenever possible:
- Participate in other’s projects
- Direct his/her own team
- Learn to ask the most essential questions
- Stand for what he/she believes, in art and in life (if indeed there is a difference between the two)
- Learn how to disseminate messages that matter
- Learn to recognize the many languages needed for communication in a chosen medium
- Push, poke and prod unapologetically
- Understand the balance needed for effective listening/doing
- Recognize the balance of technique, instinct, and thoughtful action
Thoughful Action is the fundament of these teachings. Every person in the Freak Genius Academy will strive to do as many of the following whenever possible:
- Participate in other’s projects
- Direct his/her own team
- Learn to ask the most essential questions
- Stand for what he/she believes, in art and in life (if indeed there is a difference between the two)
- Learn how to disseminate messages that matter
- Learn to recognize the many languages needed for communication in a chosen medium
- Push, poke and prod unapologetically
- Understand the balance needed for effective listening/doing
- Recognize the balance of technique, instinct, and thoughtful action
The Ten Principles
Examining creativity from all angles requires understanding the separate, yet interconnected, aspects of creativity.
The school is broken down into ten sections, which are called “Frames”. The frames are labeled as follows:
1 Discipline = Fun!
2 Reinterpreting the classics
3 The right frame
4 Why make anything?
5 The importance of failure
6 Face Dancing
7 How to Collaborate
8 YOU as a business
9 Stretch
10 Taking it Public
Examining creativity from all angles requires understanding the separate, yet interconnected, aspects of creativity.
The school is broken down into ten sections, which are called “Frames”. The frames are labeled as follows:
1 Discipline = Fun!
2 Reinterpreting the classics
3 The right frame
4 Why make anything?
5 The importance of failure
6 Face Dancing
7 How to Collaborate
8 YOU as a business
9 Stretch
10 Taking it Public
Before we begin, I want to put this in context by offering an introduction to the material, and also to the tone I use when trying to communicate my ideas about things.