Spent some time today experimenting with drawing on my iPad. Many of my colleagues use tablets for much of their graphic work but I do not enjoy it much. I haven’t practiced enough for it to flow effortlessly and keep wanting to JUST GRAB A PEN ALREADY!! Plus the results always seem crude, my line […]
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I spent several hours over the past two days listening to a webinar that was not particularly visual. To keep my mind focused, I doodled. (Studies show that doodling helps improve concentration and comprehension.) Here’s the result: the final doodle, and the results after playing around with special effects in my editing software. I think […]
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A couple years ago I stumbled on Leah Piken Kolidas’ art blog. She’s created a month long creativity challenge, declaring November Art Every Day Month. Participants are invited to create art every day and share it with the rest of the community. In the past my participation has been somewhat sporadic (see my past entries […]
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I’ve written before about my Year of New Things, and the transformative effect it has been having on my daily life. This summer, I went to Europe for the first time: six weeks of new countries, new cities, new food, new languages, new money, new transportation systems. I had a blast! When I got home […]
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At a recent meeting, I was reminded how hard it can be to separate the quality of an idea or the validity of a fact from the popularity or authority of the person expressing it. Have you ever suggested something at work and been pooh-poohed, only to have someone ELSE suggest the same damn thing…and […]
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One of my favorite authors, Gretchen Rubin, continually reminds me that what we do every day influences us more than things we do once in awhile. Habits matter. One of the habits I struggle to create for myself is daily drawing. As a Graphic Facilitator, I rely on drawing as one of my tools for […]
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How you phrase the question influences the answer(s) you receive. We all know this intuitively. Our senses go on alert when we hear that question that seems to contain within it a judgement about what the right answer might be. Then there are the poll-takers, with questions and multiple choice answers that point to a […]
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How Not to Say the Wrong Thing by Susan Silk and Barry Goldman is easily the most brilliant thing I’ve read all year. I will summarize it briefly but you owe it to yourself to go read the whole thing. Basically, when someone is in a sucky situation – their dog died, they have cancer, […]
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I’m now into Month 3 in my quest to do something new every day. My birthday in February was quite delightful – I let go of my control freak ways and let my wife plan an entire day of newness. I never knew what was next until it happened. It was a blast! Here are […]
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