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 Recycling ideas is one of the fundamental and significant practices of human nature. It not only provides a sense of continuity and connection across various contexts, times, and places, but has also always been a source of inspiration for innovation and creativity. Why do so many cultures share a myth of a great flood that either destroys (or creates) the world? Why do invaders and occupiers build their new sanctuaries atop existing ones? Clearly, while the unfamiliar excites us, the familiar and well-known offer us comfort.
-The original:
+[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klNean7JJdA | The original (about love)]]
-[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klNean7JJdA]]
+[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1PbQUzMqlA | The Estonian version (about summer vacation and sauna) ]]
-The Estonian version:
-[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1PbQUzMqlA]]
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 This is something that I have always tried to keep in mind in my own life: being creative means being attentive, observant and thoughtful. There is no such thing as given talent, but conscious willingness to see, hear, explore and understand. “To be the eyes and ears and conscience of the Creator of the Universe, you fool!” (Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions). I believe that this attentiveness connects all great things ever made – and with this attentiveness, it doesn’t really matter, if you are building houses, writing novels, painting the domes of cathedrals or cutting hair. The inspiration is the same, the devotion is the same.
+[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNwGjyay954 | Different form, same devotion]] :-)
 ==== How? ====
-EKA GD Studio is constantly producing misprints, unfinished projects, and excess paper. I believe that all these leftovers deserve at least one more cycle of life. It is not just about sustainability—though that is an equally important aspect—but also about valuing the time, input, and thought process behind the “trash.” The excess paper box can be a fantastic source of inspiration for anyone—material source, of course, for reusing the already printed images, texts etc, but also a stylistic, inspiration source, a place to seek for new ideas. To meet with information you would maybe never stumbled upon yourself.
+EKA GD Studio is constantly producing misprints, unfinished projects, and excess paper. This is a normal part of design process. I believe that all these leftovers deserve at least one more cycle of life. It is not just about sustainability—though that is an equally important aspect—but also about valuing the time, input, and thought process behind the “trash.” The excess paper box can be a fantastic source of inspiration for anyone—material source, of course, for reusing the already printed images, texts etc, but also a stylistic, inspiration source, a place to seek for new ideas. To meet with information you would maybe never stumbled upon yourself.
-The process of going through the box is often just as creative and valuable as actually making something, and it is a conscious decision to step aside and take the role of an observer, a collector, a curator, rather than a creator.
+[{{ :wiki:paper_waste.png?nolink&400 | The //used paper// box in the GD Studio}}]
+The process of going through the box is often just as creative and valuable as actually making something, and it is a conscious decision to step aside and take the role of an observer, a collector, a curator, rather than a creator.
 As found in Genesis: God created the universe out of a formless void—“tohu vav bohu” in Hebrew. Maybe, in order to create an Universe, the first step must be finding the “tohu vav bohu”. Maybe it's possible to find it from the paper trash in the studio. Maybe.