"Digital imaging has untied our hands with regards to technical limitations. We no longer have to be arbiters of technology we get to participate in the interpretation of technology into creative content."

Imagination

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This quotation examines the core nature of Imagination as articulated by John Dykstra. Within historical and literary traditions, reflections on Imagination provide actionable mental models, challenging individuals to evaluate personal ethics, self-discipline, and daily actions.

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About John Dykstra

John Charles Dykstra, A.S.C. is an American special effects artist, pioneer in the development of the use of computers in filmmaking and recipient of three Academy Awards, among many other awards and prizes. He was one of the original employees of Industrial Light & Magic, the special effects and computer graphics division of Lucasfilm. He is well known as the special effects lead on the original Star Wars, helping bring the original visuals for lightsabers, space battles between X-wings and TIE fighters, and Force powers to the screen. He also led special effects on many other movies, including Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Caddyshack, Stuart Little, X-Men: First Class, Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2.

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"You had to make a camera look like it's traveling at 300 mph, but you couldn't make it actually travel at 300 mph so you had to slow everything down and build devices to do that. So you were constantly engineering."

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"To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable."

— Erich Fromm
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"Sampling is kind of prehistoric, given the technology and the textures you can create."

— Macklemore
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"The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation."

— Auguste Rodin
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