Had a couple interesting experiences in the last couple days regarding thinking outside the box. Â The first, I’m happy to say, I started. Â I needed an exercise to help students recognize that the work world is different. Â I took 17 random shapes in a variety of colors and put them on an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper. Â Then each group was given crayons. Â One person from each group could come up and look at the paper for 30 seconds and draw for one minute. Â This would happen 4 times. Â On the third round I actually swapped out the drawing for something slightly different (shapes were moved and colors changed). The students all came up, looked at the page and tried to memorize it, and then went back to draw. Â When we finished the time, I asked why no one had brought up their phone […] Continue reading
Setting a Vision When That Isn’t Your Thing
Back from the holidays and ready to move forward! Â And what am I fascinated with right now? Â People with vision. People with Vision see things differently. I have always been amazed by this painting because it is done in “pointillism”. Everything in the picture is made up of tiny dots. How do you envision the final product, with the shading and shadows and changes in color, working in tiny dots??? Or, how about this one. target=”_blank”>Snow Artist Simon Beck straps on his snow shoes and traps around in the snow creating murals on the sides of mountains. How does he know where to go or what the next step is? He’s seeing things in a much bigger way than the rest of us, clearly. But not everyone has Vision with a capital V. But at the same time, it is a good idea to think […] Continue reading
Habits, Traditions, and Following
My husband loves to shop. The thing that will make him get annoyed quickly is how people use doors. Yes – I’m serious. Typically in most stores there are two doors next to each other. It makes him crazy that people would rather wait and make it annoying for someone else than open the other door. He is always the first one to open the second door and use it. And then others follow suit. So why does that happen? Granted, my husband is brilliant. However in this case I think it is something different. I think it has more to do with people thinking about where they want to go and what they want to do and not paying attention to how they do it. Someone else is using this door so I’ll use it too. But, it is faster, more efficient for everyone […] Continue reading
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