Ep004 The Three Animals

Each episode of AVALON attempts to bring to bear the great works of human culture from the past upon the dilemma of living in the present age. "Dorothy Sayers, in her excellent book, The Mind of the Maker, divides creative activity into three stages: the idea, the implementation, and the interaction. A book, then, or a computer, or a program comes into existence first as an ideal construct, built outside time and space, but complete in the mind of the author. It is realized in time and space, by pen, ink, and paper, or by wire, silicon, and ferrite. The creation is complete when someone reads the book, uses the computer, or runs the program, thereby interacting with the mind of the maker." - The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering. Frederick P. Brooks, jr. Read Dorothy L. Sayers "The Mind of the Maker" Quick review of her text here. More on Contrapposto