Monthly Archives: September 2024

Do you know what I know?

Do you hear what I hear?

Do you see what I see?

If I played Debussy would you hear what I hear? of course not. Can we test this? No. Because I know red and I cannot share what the color red means to me. I assume we share the same view of red because when I saw point to the red ball we all point to the red ball. But that doesn't mean we are seeing or experiencing the same red experiences. My worldview is unique. When I hear Prince in Purple Rain as an ex-guitarist I actually know what he is playing and am way more appreciative of it than another person who doesn't understand/appreciate the guitar. I listened to Claire De Lune (Debussy) and explained why it is such a masterpiece. I am 100% sure not everyone is hearing what I am hearing and clearly unable to extract what I am extracting from the music. 

8bits has less data than 10bits. HD is less than 4K. More data = a higher resolution of appreciation. 

When my son

Premium Fabric does not mean expensive fabric, and expensive fabric does not mean premium fabric. Confusing? The price you pay for something is not always a measure of its objective quality or subjective quality. Our Ramie linen costs almost the same as our premium heavy-weight linen. Sometimes we get a deal and it is cheaper (price-wise) than the ramie lightweight linen. The price of our Indian fabric was very low (because we got a deal on all of it) when it got burnt during the looting it became exclusive and its value went through the roof. Bazin is ridiculously expensive but it is not higher quality compared to snow linen (which is used for work wear). Fabric from Dubai is very unique, cheap in Dubai but after customs not so cheap when landed in South Africa. So the price of a fabric does not usually indicate its value or quality.

When a big company like Woolworths ends a season they might have 100m of left over fabric that was used on one design. The supplier is not going to

When we build wealth we build value. Reward should never be divorced from merit because that is a form of corruption. And everyone suffers. Human progress historically has been built on the back of exceptional talent. The great European classical works, the great African American work with jazz, the pyramids, the Taj, and the architecture of Japan. I could go on, all of it without exception represents the best of the best of that era in those fields. Today we have a very contrive hand behind every field including music and fashion. Mediocre artists holding top positions. Funded so well that if they fell they would still not touch the ground. 

You ask yourself what song by Taylor Swift is so notable to earn her top bucks?  Dont ever underestimate capitalism and what it does to make wealth. We go to the cinema and spend our money on a film that has RAVED reviews but the film sucks. All the critics are in on it. Or the film is amazing and the pro reviews suck. In the case

Designs are unique, they should have certain characteristics to discern them from a tornado passing through a sewing room and randomly scrambling fabric together. They must show signs of an intelligent process.