I like this “The Next Small Thing” illustration by Adrian Tomine. This reminds me about the quote I just seen on Seth’s blog: “Big ideas…are little ideas that no one killed too soon.”
I don’t think there are big or small ideas. They all start the same, with a dream. There is an hour long podcast with Paul Graham by Russ Roberts. Paul says that when looking for an invention or a startup team, they go completely blind, experience taught them that they have no any idea what will take off. There is only one remedy or solution, you have to keep on trying, keep nurturing the process.
But back to the illustration. It’s so New Yorkish, looks like the East Village. The all dark windows on the second and third floors make the building look brighter, as if reflecting the street lights and still contrast with the glow of the storefront windows. The understated iconic objects: a fire hydrant, a metal basement hatch, a bicycle rack, a garbage can, a ladder, a green tree. The black street and the black outline of the city frame the stage. Indeed there is nothing bigger than our vantage point on the world and it’s biggest mystery.
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