{"id":176,"date":"2025-09-11T16:02:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T16:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marc-henine.graphicandwebdesign.ca\/?p=176"},"modified":"2025-09-12T12:24:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T12:24:51","slug":"self-initiated-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marc-henine.graphicandwebdesign.ca\/index.php\/2025\/09\/11\/self-initiated-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Self initiated project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Self initiated project<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Brief<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In this project, I was researching the topic of advice.\u00a0Sometimes we give much\u00a0advice and instructions to our\u00a0children that could limit their creative path and limit their experience\u00a0in discovering by experimenting. Moreover, advice given to friends\u00a0can also transformed into constraints in some conditions that could\u00a0affect individuals\u2019 life decisions. Nevertheless, advice and\u00a0constraints are important to help people make decisions in their\u00a0lives and help them not get lost with many directions to choose\u00a0from. Advice always stem from previous traditions,\u00a0customs, and experiences that may have a relationship to\u00a0the current situation or\u00a0may just stem from a duty we have to\u00a0perform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was trying to identify the\u00a0obstacles that may arise in the process of giving or receiving\u00a0advice. I explored some problems such as \u201cthe uncertainty of goals\u00a0& values\u201d, \u201cself-centred advice\u201d, \u201cego bias\u201d, \u201cvague advice\u201d,\u00a0\u201cexcessive choices\u201d, etc. Perspective-taking was one of the\u00a0strategies to avoid these problems, Imagined-self or imagined-other.\u00a0Actually, in my point of view, this could be worse as feelings,\u00a0customs, traditions, and background cannot be transferable to get\u00a0a clear image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Goals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Trying to encourage individuals to unpack traditions that<\/strong> are stuck in their mind background to be free of unneeded<\/strong> constraints in a more complex world.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I tried to reach that aim by finding some simple and funny\u00a0examples that were not related directly to any religion because\u00a0my aim is not to evaluate but just to encourage a wide range\u00a0of audiences to rethink their unneeded constraints and share\u00a0what they found sharable not what could hurt other feelings. This\u00a0also could lead to a common ground that builds connections\u00a0between individuals from different backgrounds far from politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Origin of the word advice<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Middle English: from Old French avis, based on Latin ad \u2018to\u2019 + visum, past participle of videre \u2018to see\u2019. The original sense was \u2018way of looking at something, judgement\u2019, hence later \u2018an opinion given\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Way of looking, this origin got my interest because it matches my primary idea that advice is different from one to another depending on traditions, background and knowledge. It is a way of looking at an opinion according to specific circumstances and time frames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Personality and beliefs are the notions of the\u00a0idea, so I want to give a sensory effect to\u00a0the final piece. I found this small size with its\u00a0delicate pages invites people\u2019s engagement,\u00a0Moreover, the idea of miniature books has\u00a0a religious symbol including Christianity and\u00a0Islam which represent the majority of my target\u00a0audience. I will start to expose the Egyptian\u00a0traditions and these people are religious. So,\u00a0this format could get some attention from them.\u00a0This format will also encourage people to\u00a0store it in their wallet or purse with other saints\u2019\u00a0pictures, amulets, and memories\u2019 notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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