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TIDE at 50
A beach is a place of wonder – I’m never happier than when on a beach. An endless supply of creative materials, with a landscape that continually changes. Task #1 – let’s find out what the tide is doing, and how fast it’s doing it… If you haven’t come across the TIDE podcast, it’s well…
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Remix
We are nodes on a network. We’re influenced by others. We, in turn, can influence others. Our creations contain flavours and mixes of whatever has gone before, for who bakes a cake without any ingredients?
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Participatory Culture
I zoomed in to Catherine Cronin’s talk on “If open is the answer, what is the question?” at the recent OER16 conference in Edinburgh, Scotland. This thought resonated with me, as it’s something I’ve learning in my journey with Visual Thinkery: our contibutions matter. With a sideways glance at school, I think there’s a massive difference between…
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Kids don’t need SATs
Have you ever heard anyone say “I’m no good at maths” ? Do you ever stop to wonder where they picked that up from? An exam? Or an adult’s opinion off the back of an test? We talk about maths as if it’s some sort of binary – either you’re good at it or you’re…
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Work culture
A business starts with a culture of one. Every person that joins adds to that culture. Their values, their humour, their work ethic. Every decision, communication, action sets a precedent. Culture can take years to build, but days to damage. A organisation is it’s people – so which part do you play? (Inspired by “The Open Organization”…
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Notice and wonder
Wondering, always wondering. The more I wonder, the more I notice. The more I notice, the more I wonder…
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An umbrella of experiments
A friend challenged me this week on where my newsletter was going. Admittedly, I have no idea. It was meant to be an experiment, though — an umbrella for experiments, if you will…
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Conversational Thinkery
One of the areas I really enjoy is what I call Conversational Thinkery. Listening to a podcast, or being part of a conversation, and drawing what appears in my head. This thinkery was from a podcast conversation featuring Amy Burvall on the Creative Process.
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Mr Unlucky
I absolutely love this. The handy work of my 11-year-old…
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Avocado
Ask your eyes to notice. What’s the light doing? Why is it doing that? Highlights, lowlights, shadow. Sometimes a drawing just works. This avocado was triggered from a comment by Laura Hilliger. In Kiswahili, it’s a parachichi or even sometimes embe ya mafuta (literally: oily mango…).
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Thinking fast and slow
OK me, lets sort this stuff into two piles. Blink – first, Smile – first, Scratch head – first, Think what to write in this narrative – second, Typing the words – first, Sniff – first, Hear music – first, Wonder about a lyric – second, Realise I’m being distracted by music – second, Turn…
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The Big Arrow
This cloud is going to lift in 5 minutes. I said it so often it became my punchline. A dad joke – only to be appreciated by other dads (and sometimes their wives). We need to turn off the path somewhere near here to get to the top of the mountain. Nothing says top of…
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This is a blog of openly licensed thinkery. They are doodles, thoughts and ideas of Bryan Mathers – little curious tidbits which have emerged from juicy conversations. Also, this is a dumping ground for abandoned artwork. But one man’s dump is another’s treasure trove – amirite?
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