Proverb analysis

"YOU CAN'T DRINK AND WHISTLE AT THE SAME TIME"

(1) Its a Danish Proverb. 

(2)"The United States and many other high-technology societies are said to be entering the “information age.” But a more appropriate diagnosis might be that we are suffering from a cultural psychosis known as “information anxiety.” Nowhere are the symptoms of this malady more visible than in medicine. Treatment for this condition is the use of information systems to lift us above the cacophony of data into the atmosphere of knowledge and the stratosphere of wisdom. But this use must itself be knowledgeable and wise. Otherwise, the treatment will simply exacerbate the symptoms rather than cure the patient."

I have no idea what this means so I'll stick to my interpretation of it instead of the literal translation. 

References:

(1) http://www.inspirationalstories.com/proverbs/t/about-whistle/

(2)http://paperity.org/p/6712327/you-cant-drink-and-whistle-at-the-same-time

Little Mindmap:

• A bird sitting in a glass of squash? (first thing that came into my head)

• A very drunk person trying and failing to do something that is very easy sober, but not so easy drunk.  (opening a car door ect - or whistle)

• guy lying drunk on train tracks - train heading towards him whistling loudly?

• someone trying to drink and whistle at the same time- literally. 

• multitasking

• A parent telling off a child who has spilt something?

• funny visual - perhaps a shot glass with a whistle molded inside it like they do with skulls ect. 

• fish with a whistle? 'The big drink' is a sort of code name for the ocean ect? 

• girl whistle flirting with boy beer? making inanimate object animate.

• Alice in wonderland-y sort of thing? cards and signs saying random things and then that.

• someone trying to whistle and spitting water everywhere

• A bird trying to whistle but spitting water 

"You can't whistle and drink at the same time"

My proverb "you can't whistle and drink at the same time" I picked at random and now I have to interpret it into something visual. Four ideas; a cover idea, a self portrait idea, and two pages for inside the Olio magazine. The ideas must be rough and ot complete - also landscape in orientation. 

Things I have to submit:

• Original Indesign folder, packaged containing all linked files.

• A 6 page PDF to be exported in Indesign containing the cover image, the self portrait; opposite one idea for a page, and then a second self portrait: opposite the second idea. On the last page your contact details, names as you want it to appear in Olio, email address, student number and web address if you have one (Tigers and dwarves ect) PDF preset settings: press quality (Acquisition of skills) 

• SHOW RESEARCH AND BACK UP INFO ON BLOG CLEARLY SHOWING CREATIVE PROCESS. workshop work and the development of both approaches to both different ideas.

PAGE SIZE WILL HAVE TO BE 165 X 234mm landscape. NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED BY MIDNIGHT ON WEDNESDAY 9TH NOVEMBER. 

My first port of call is to google my proverb and see what comes up. Then I plan to do a list of all possibilities it could mean or ideas that might link to it.