I have given up on all design methods

Mayank
2 min readDec 1, 2020

and stopped assuming that processes are needed to proceed.

In creative problem solving, any premeditated processes is a fallacy. Going forward there is only the urge to remove the fog. Collection of the obvious things done is called as process, in retrospect.

Jumping onto a solution isn’t clever. Jumping onto a process is perhaps equally unwise. Both are fundamentally the same mistake.

We get to clarity by enquiring, aligning and realigning with the purpose. Weeding out the lies. Seeing things for what they are. Identifying what’s liquid and rather than trying to freeze it- delve into it. The goal is to settle the liquid state but we can’t pursue it by saying this is settled. It has to be ensued. Let’s be honest about it. If we are super uncomfortable in the liquid state without a process; let’s pick one for that matter. But let’s not be religious about it. Coming from a place of fear is the #1 enemy of honest work. Do what your only option is. This is not a process that i am suggesting; rather taking an obvious step to clarity. Obvious step in weeding out the lies. Do nothing which is not required. As William of Ockham would say, “plurality should not be posited without necessity.”

A method is for the thing one can live without- Kapil Gupta (Photo by Clayton Robbins on Unsplash)

Going forward, have no method. Only an urge to clear the lies. A person with such an urge would crack any problem and then tell us how they did it; which we all can then call a process, in retrospect. What i said here might seem to not provide any answer or roadmaps to proceed, because that’s the point.

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