Design as Conversation

Design can be a conversation, a type of communication from the one person/object to another. This can be between the designer and the design, the design and an audience, or the designer and an audience or in other words, a cycle of communication.
From experience I believe that design is a conversation. During times of frustration and anger I noticed that I personally drawing, write, or create things that reflect my feelings.

This painting found on http://www.expressivehearts.com/art_gallery.html is similar to what I tend to express when feeling angry. I find myself being really rough with a brush and I choose bright "fierce" colors. This example can be an example of a conversation between a designer and the design. It in turn can also include the audience in the conversation. Maybe the audience can understand what the design is trying to say or how the designer was feeling when it was created.
A setback to designing with a feeling is that it does not last. The conversation can be cut off abruptly when the feeling the designer started out with is no longer there. I may have started off the design with a feeling of anger for example, but if the design was left unfinished, it can be hard to finish the "thought" again. Many unfinished piece of design remain as a result. Alternatively, if the conversation is continued- even with a different feeling, the conversation may suddenly switch topics. This is typical in human conversation as is design as conversation. Looking at one end or one angle of a design can change the feeling or meaning being communicated to the audience or design.
A very good example of design as conversation is a piece designed by multiple designers. My group's stone soup design can be an example of conversation.

Because every piece of this design was created by a different person and ultimately put together, different views and angles of this piece convey a different feeling or idea. Every designer did not have the same exact feelings that day, so maybe every unique piece says something different to someone. Not only that, a completely different conversation can occur over the same object with the same angles, it really does depend on the person, their individual thoughts and feelings.