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Forgotten effort is what enables us to gain experience.
Waiting is not safe. Waiting is just slow decay.’
Design ceases to be simple the moment it begins to be felt. It becomes a fire fueled by functionality. True design is not only useful, it inspires you to dream bigger.
Trying out a concept is never just practical. It is spiritual. It is the silent quest of the soul, not for a result, but for the path itself.
“Aim for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.”
Norman Vincent Peale
However, we often misunderstand this.
We see effort as a temporary phase.
Try, fail, succeed. The story is over.
But in reality, trying is the story itself.
Consider how we conduct our research:
We read hundreds of pages to find one sentence.
A word that somehow passes through the noise and sticks in the mind.
The author did not know that this would affect you in this way.
But you’ve been affected by everything you’ve been through.
İyi tasarım böyle olur.
Not to please the eye, but to leave room for resonance.
Leaving room for someone to be moved by a small, quiet detail.
And this detail becomes apparent when the designer tries it out.When you try something bold.
When you try something flawed.
When you try something that might not work.
Trying is not a means to an end.
It is proof that you still believe there is something better out there.
Not safer.
Not guaranteed.
But more lively.
So we try.
We fail.
Villa Savoye Poissy, France 1931 Le Corbusier
We try again.
And again.
Even when it doesn’t fail.
Especially when it doesn’t even fail.
Because trying is not about result.
It’s about refusing to calcify.
Each attempt is a test of your capacity.
Each effort shapes the emotional scaffolding you’ll need when the real opportunity appears.
The future does not reward you for waiting.
It rewards you for being ready when it arrives.
And you can’t be ready without trying first.
Again. And again.
