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THINKING THROUGH THE VALUE FRAMEWORK After dwelling on Q0, Q1& Q2 it is time to move towards recasting a model for preferred change. The challenge with the artisanal system however, like all the other societal systems is that many of the values associated with it is intangible, cultural and symbolic. I felt that understanding the system through the Elke Den Ouden framework might be useful at this point. This model addresses both economy and enterprise through sociological and psychological facets which are crucial to all social systems. On plotting the Artisanal System through the Values Framework I could see a truly ailing system, which goes to establish that future interventions for a stability will need to envision ways to restore the balance of varied value. Take a look at my findings-  (Readings -  Innovation Design:  Creating Value for People,  Organisations  and Society - Elke Den Ouden) click/download to enlarge As identified in the previous phase, T...

With this rendering I had intention, I wanted to mindfully create an experience that - stays away from explanation or conclusively situating a story.  embeds meaning without calling it out.  allows for multiple narratives to emerge.  use a language that I could sense, and that did not use conclusive/limiting words, hence I chose my mother tongue Malayalam.  In my earlier renderings I had failed miserably. Especially when I conclude a story I found a strange need to situate it in one place/emotion. Closure would become very important, it is almost as if my ‘reasoning mind’ was taking over, and suddenly all the joyful freedom I have experienced in building the story had evaporated. I would end very rendering feeling terribly disheartened at the thought of what it could have been.  But, something very interesting happened with this rendering - A story emerged within a story, which was then tied to the overarching story. I was very thrilled with this exploratio...

The Art of creating Balance and Harmony  It was an act I had longed to watch for a long time. Chowdiah Memorial Hall was teeming with people and a serpentine queue. All this energy looked promising,  I even spotted Rajat Kapoor a few times and he smiled at me, by then I was definite I am going to love this play!  How wrong I was to have made that assumption.   Read my experience here -  click to enlarge I came back with three fundamental questions after I was done with this experience.  What is the role of harmony and balance in creation?   Can a complete art experience happen when one Rasa overshadows all other narrative? What is the act of balance, and what does balance do to my thinking/ knowing mind?   In one of his interviews Ashok Vajpeyi says, “I think Bollywood has done the most damage because it has simplified reality. It made very simplistic films based on limited perception of what is happening around and of beauty as well. Also, it has...