Mal Damkar, (@afficionados_hh) from interior wallpaper design company - Afficionados of the Nod, a presentation about how ADD can work for and against you in the world of creativity; from #igniteSydney

1. Finally
• organic version of google wave

2. ADD is
• not a mental disorder
• not AD “H” D
• is a disordered mentality
• no one really knows for sure
• blood flow in brain is different to
normal

3. quotes
• I was trying to daydream, but my
mind kept wandering
• Noise is any pattern we don't
understand
• deja vu amnesia - I’m sure I’ve
forgotten this before

4. fragmented path
• literally will do 4 things
at once
• the distraction circle

5. THEORY
• what’s 2 + 2 ? an early ADD moment

6. non linear thought
•will think backwards | sideways
• 2 + 2 = 4 / 22/ 5/ nothing

7. blessing
• high IQ
• creative
• inventive

8. silence is not golden
• Working in silence increases
distractions

9. the distraction circle

10. inspiration
tumblr Anyone?
• fuckyeahseventies
• goatgoodness
• afficionadosofthenod

11. idea frenzy
• plethora of ideas • too many ideas
• brain storming • clouded thoughts
• non-related ideas • “idea machine”
areas for distraction

12. cursed
• distractions
• depression
• incompletions
• distractions

13. creative Process
• using pen and paper can be better
• have music or even TV playing as well
• sometimes code.
• left and right brain work in tandem

14. self aware learnings
• thoughts move quickly and
concurrently
• see how you learn
• understand your own thought
patterns

15. design a pattern
• eclectic sources
• a word
• an emotion
• a colour
• a line of dialogue

16. when it goes bad
• list of lists gets over whelming
• “panic” becomes stagnation
• catatonic procrastination

17. creative process
• can be a little OCD
• repetition
• 3 concurrent design ideas
• finishing hardest part

18. what i did...
•took images
• wrote ideas on separate pieces
of paper
• photographed some of my
notes

19. fast learner
slow learner
• backwards | sideways learning
• fast problem solver
• complex concepts easy
• simple concepts hard

20. WHAT AM i
•@afficionados_hh
• pattern designer
• swear
• #goat fan
• #shtbox