Full up

Ages ago, I took a graphic design class. And despite the projects I did, I only remember two things from it. One was that everything depends on everything else. On a page, all the elements have to fit together. If one element is off, the entire page is upset. It's a good rule to remember for life.

The other was that the teacher didn't want his students to be little brown jugs, only receiving information, and not interacting. It made sense then, but now I wonder, shouldn't our jugs be empty to receive? Can we truly receive if we are constantly interacting? I'm not saying interacting is bad--it's good. But you can't fill yourself up when you're full.