shoes and etc.
It's 5:15am, and I have all these insane ideas for shoes. And clothing. But especially shoes. I mean insane. Like doing just about anything you want with the design of shoes.
Thought processes but not the full idea:
I was dreaming about how I had won the design contest for the 9/11 Memorial contest in New York, sort of this Statue-of-Liberty-recalling abstract (as in no actual human features, but people could walk in it and view from a platform high inside) ellipsoidal design, Anyway, the final product was about to be unveiled by Frank Gehry, who presumably did what he would do to my unfinished shape. The unveiling was to take place around noon, and I was up and thinking of how I would find a public TV that might be showing this so that I could watch it.1
Then I woke up (no more dream), and I was thinking about Ultimate and my injury to my right arm2 and about maybe running later today and how that could aggravate the injury.. and then I thought about my feet. Which are flat, but in a benign way.3, as in, they usually don't hurt. But the left one does hurt sometimes when there are high enough arches in the shoe. Unfortunately my nice expensive pairs of running shoes hurt me recently when I walked with 1 of them (haven't tried running). This usually means my normal shoes need replacing or something. Not sure. ANYWAY, so I was thinking about how my next-door cobbler, shoe repairman, etc., has scans he can make of your soles, presumably for a better fit. Not sure. So I thought that would be cool if I could get a 3D scan so my custom shoes could fit perfectly.4 Having the soles perfect and independent of the rest of the shoe (maybe) would free up the tops of my shoes for all sorts of designs.
That's pretty much my idea. Only my shoe ideas are so cool. Way cool. Insane. Unlike any shoes ever seen before. And I really can't say more because I'm so secretive.
But I am also having all these ideas for crazy-looking clothing I want, too. Also ideas I've never seen executed the way I'm thinking of them, though some (like the idea of computer graphics displays embedded in fabric (as a wearable monitor) have been dreamed of.
So, damn. I always thought if I were rich enough, I would want to hire personal assistants. One would be a tailor/clothesmaker to make me custom clothes of my design. The other (older idea), a programmer to create applications/add-ins from my concepts. The other option, of course, would be for me to learn these skills myself! I did look at Temple's classes for sewing basics and clothesmaking from patterns.
Ok. Next, bright ideas needed on how to get back to sleep!
1Of course, never occurred to me until now that I should, by all rights, be at the event.
2It's ok, I sustained it last Saturday, and the pain has subsided and range of movement is returning nearly to normal. Plus my captain said she was a physical therapist5 and would take a look at it at our next game Sunday (I'm sitting that out).
3At least that's how my podiatrist explained it to Mom and I back in high school..
4That's not my idea, at least, I'm sure others have thought about 3D shoe customization. Especially orthopedic manufaturers.
5My mind is imagining, she was until she deformed all her patients... oh no!
Thought processes but not the full idea:
I was dreaming about how I had won the design contest for the 9/11 Memorial contest in New York, sort of this Statue-of-Liberty-recalling abstract (as in no actual human features, but people could walk in it and view from a platform high inside) ellipsoidal design, Anyway, the final product was about to be unveiled by Frank Gehry, who presumably did what he would do to my unfinished shape. The unveiling was to take place around noon, and I was up and thinking of how I would find a public TV that might be showing this so that I could watch it.1
Then I woke up (no more dream), and I was thinking about Ultimate and my injury to my right arm2 and about maybe running later today and how that could aggravate the injury.. and then I thought about my feet. Which are flat, but in a benign way.3, as in, they usually don't hurt. But the left one does hurt sometimes when there are high enough arches in the shoe. Unfortunately my nice expensive pairs of running shoes hurt me recently when I walked with 1 of them (haven't tried running). This usually means my normal shoes need replacing or something. Not sure. ANYWAY, so I was thinking about how my next-door cobbler, shoe repairman, etc., has scans he can make of your soles, presumably for a better fit. Not sure. So I thought that would be cool if I could get a 3D scan so my custom shoes could fit perfectly.4 Having the soles perfect and independent of the rest of the shoe (maybe) would free up the tops of my shoes for all sorts of designs.
That's pretty much my idea. Only my shoe ideas are so cool. Way cool. Insane. Unlike any shoes ever seen before. And I really can't say more because I'm so secretive.
But I am also having all these ideas for crazy-looking clothing I want, too. Also ideas I've never seen executed the way I'm thinking of them, though some (like the idea of computer graphics displays embedded in fabric (as a wearable monitor) have been dreamed of.
So, damn. I always thought if I were rich enough, I would want to hire personal assistants. One would be a tailor/clothesmaker to make me custom clothes of my design. The other (older idea), a programmer to create applications/add-ins from my concepts. The other option, of course, would be for me to learn these skills myself! I did look at Temple's classes for sewing basics and clothesmaking from patterns.
Ok. Next, bright ideas needed on how to get back to sleep!
1Of course, never occurred to me until now that I should, by all rights, be at the event.
2It's ok, I sustained it last Saturday, and the pain has subsided and range of movement is returning nearly to normal. Plus my captain said she was a physical therapist5 and would take a look at it at our next game Sunday (I'm sitting that out).
3At least that's how my podiatrist explained it to Mom and I back in high school..
4That's not my idea, at least, I'm sure others have thought about 3D shoe customization. Especially orthopedic manufaturers.
5My mind is imagining, she was until she deformed all her patients... oh no!