Class Notes on Creative Thinking Skills
Visualizing Richly and Colorfully
Think creativity is just for arts? Think again.
Drawing what you have in mind is perhaps the most powerful way to bring something into being. Sure, visioning boards work. And drawing a vision for yourself, that’s a double dose visioning exercise right there.
If seeing is believing then it is worth asking,
What do you see?
What do you want to see?
Rich, vivid imagery is powerful in conveying ideas. And what if we draw what we are thinking or what we are after?
Yeah, then we have a better chance of it coming into being.
Visual Literacy for Better Learning
Drawing for learning proves itself over again for better recall, enhancing memory, confidence and performance. When we draw for learning we have to slow down, to think, to focus and become intentional. Drawing for learning is a fun individualized and concurrent collective opportunity for thinking and processing what might be. Drawing for learning during Covid became an excellent way to have all students participate from home, privately as they could, free from judgment. We sure had fun with it too.
Visualize for a More Powerful Reality
And what if you draw pictures of goals, a holiday, a party? The image has the opportunity plant deep into your mind, where it will become a subconscious anchoring point. Decisions, how you get to the goal, become more natural and more aligned toward the vision.
The next time you are thinking about something, or have an idea, try drawing it. Noodle with it on paper. What comes to you? What if you add some color? Try creating a story board for some sequencing.
Try drawing what you are learning.
Try drawing your day unfold as you wish it to be.
Visualizing works.
If we do get to choose the quality of our experience, and we do, how might drawing our visions help? Try it for yourself.
Visioning is a game changer.
Artists get this, what about you?
Wings of Change visualize what it means to be successful.
Language for Visualizing Richly
”Describe the details.”
”What colors do you see?”
”What does it feel like?”
”What does it smell like?”
”Show me what you are thinking.”
”What can you imagine?”
A student draws their vision.
Tanya Knudsen is a creativity consultat and instructor for Wings of Change, a vocational hospitality school and hotel social enterprise in Madagascar.
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