I was struck in this weeks reading by the honesty about how much time creating beneficial design for the people and planet takes. I know asking questions about sustainability and ethics can cause a lot of overwhelming feelings and uncomfortable problems. This uncomfortable situation is necessary if designers want to truly make a difference in the industry. This got me thinking about how designers and artists usually see the finished product and we don't know anything about the process of how an artist made artwork on Instagram for example. As artists, I have realized how easy someone else's work can look and inhibit myself from understanding actual effort the artwork took. We compare ourselves assuming someone else can create visuals in record time. This idea can be detrimental to your own art process. Slowly creating art is the best method I found to use in creating any design work. This means I take breaks and respect my body and my mind while creating art. I don't do this all the time because I'm not perfect. But I try to remember to work with these values in mind most times. I hope this manifesto can be a reminder that taking your time to create a single piece of artwork is worth the effort. Accepting that you won't get something done immediately is important too. There is no quick way to make a magnificent artwork. We will not see results or even improvement immediately. In the end, as designers we must choose to step into the uncomfortable places and show clients that it's okay to exist in an uncomfortable place. Because in that uncomfortable place, amazing amounts of progress can happen.
Making this piece, I decided I want to emphasize the word slowly by increasing the tracking a lot. I wanted the word create to have a sort of curly, quirky and semi handwritten written vibe. I wanted the word create to feel creative in its overall shape. Then, the word kindness is bold, simple and friendly but still loud in an unapologetic and calm but firm way. The heart shape I had decided on using pretty early on in my thumbnails. I was able to find this photo on Unsplash. I found the colourful rainbow colours fits the joyful feeling of creating slowly and intentionally art from the heart.