# Getting to WTF

27 August 2015 · first published on Medium · https://isomorphous.design/praxis/getting-to-wtf.html

There’s a moment when things get a little strained. Adrenaline wakes the fluttering bugs down below, eye contact becomes difficult, words…

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There’s a moment when things get a little strained. Adrenaline wakes the fluttering bugs down below, eye contact becomes difficult, words fail someone and the pause … extends. Time to pack up and go home, there’s nothing here for you.

That moment is the when the door reveals itself.

Like dreaming that extra room in your childhood home, a door appears in what, moments before, was a solid wall.

Like some piece of science fiction filming trickery, there’s now a threshold to knowing in your view.

The door can be ajar, sometimes locked and often jammed. Whatever the state you find it in, finding it is the first challenge.

![Image](https://isomorphous.design/praxis/images/getting-to-wtf-069a524d.jpg)

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Concepts: [uncertainty](https://isomorphous.design/thought-graph.html?concept=uncertainty), [perception](https://isomorphous.design/thought-graph.html?concept=perception), [design-practice](https://isomorphous.design/thought-graph.html?concept=design-practice)