Quality and convention

Applications…don’t even get me started.

For one of my applications I had to write a 150 word essay on what I did to maintain the quality of my output. It made me formulate two sentences essential to my concept of excellence;

Quality is a process, not an instantaneous occurrence.

A great result is most often the result of time, perseverance and continuous alterations and improvements. Don’t get me wrong, I would love to have a strike of genius without any kind of premeditation. But most good ideas require thought, research and dialogue. Most good ideas require internal; self criticism and external; feedback and input.

Never sacrifice quality for conventionality.

No, conventional and qualitative are not mutually exclusive; some ‘products’ even become qualitative because they fit certain standards. However, when the choice stands between mainstream and magnificent, it is not a hard one to make. I’m not saying bend the rules or not even wiggle the framework. Just that only doing what you are supposed to do is often less than all that you can do.

I might not be a creative whiz, and I might even like to play it safe, but sometimes when I can present regular with a twist, routine and convention seem all that less interesting.

The essay landed on exactly 150 words, making use of every opportunity I was given to shed light on myself…it’s tough to know quality when you don’t know convention…cross your fingers x