If you’re on the internet much, you’ve probably already seen this. Personally I find it intriguing and delightful, fascinating and fun. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
I’m naturally curious, inquisitive and persistent in my pursuit of answers. Another trait that I am known for is ‘doing things the hard way’. Just ask my mother…my husband…my father…my brothers…my friends…okay, just ask anyone who knows me.
When approaching a project for a client, I have a process that I follow to help me avoid the hard way and keep me focused.
When approaching a project for myself is when my knack for finding the most convoluted path to the final answer is allowed to flourish.
Which is why I love Rube Goldberg. And the competitions (I’ve not had the opportunity to participate in one, but follow the contests locally and nationally) that have grown around his idea of taking the simplest of tasks and complicating them as creatively as is possible.
Reuben Lucius Goldberg (July 4, 1883 – December 7, 1970) Rube Goldberg was a Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist, sculptor, and author. Best known for his “inventions”, Rube’s early years as an engineer informed his most acclaimed work. A Rube Goldberg contraption – an elaborate set of arms, wheels, gears, handles, cups, and rods, put in motion by balls, canary cages, pails, boots, bathtubs, paddles, and live animals – takes a simple task and makes it extraordinarily complicated. He had solutions for How To Get The Cotton Out Of An Aspirin Bottle, imagined a Self-Operating Napkin, and created a Simple Alarm Clock – to name just a few of his hilariously depicted drawings. Check out the website for more info…www.rubegoldberg.com
