Heather Gold

I’m a lover of paradox. It feels much richer and truthful to me than most else. And funnier. There’s some heart to it. Wilde was a genius paradox giver:

I can resist anything but temptation.

I find a lot of the comedy out there now tiring. And Frank Chimero has articulated the why beautifully. Of course its just a lot of fine, rational reasoning being applied to jokes.

I’ve been spending the past few days thinking about paradoxes. Good jokes. Good concepts. Good design. I think all three share a firm foot in the realm of paradox.

To understand paradoxes is to be able to hold two conflicting ideas in your head at the same time. And maybe to give both equal…