One of my big goals for the weekend was to practice visual notetaking. I have an actual gig on July 22 (!) 🖍
I’ll be doing a LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® team building hour at the Annual Board Retreat for my synagogue, and I asked the Board president if he could use any of the retreat documented, and he said yes, so I offered to do visual notes! He was quite enthusiastic, so now my goal is to practice as much as I can between now and then!
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Today I watched a @creativelive CreativeLive class on visual notes, and this is my attempt at the final practice exercise.
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I’m proud of myself for trying, but I’m not impressed with my efforts—there’s no cohesiveness to the structure—it’s all over the map; my lettering is sloppy (you’d never know I used to be a professional calligrapher, partly because I’m not used to working large, but mostly because I’m not used to working at speed, so my lettering really degrades when I go fast!); there aren’t enough visuals; I didn’t listen well, so I emphasized things that I would leave out entirely if I were to do it again.
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Yep, I need a lot of improvement. But hey, that’s what practice is for! 😊 🖍
You’ve got to start somewhere! You have to let yourself make crap, because it’s the crap that fertilizes the good stuff! 💩 You have to let yourself suck in order to learn how to unsuck!
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So here’s me starting, learning how to unsuck. 😊
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Little by little I will get better. I do not expect this to be a linear process, but I do expect improvement over time if I put in the effort.
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Next time I will choose one thing to focus on (probably listening for structure), and try again.
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What are you working on?
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See the smudges? That happened while I was live-streaming this video via Doodlecam. Instead of panicking when the first smudge happened, instead of declaring, “This doodle is RUINED!”, I ran with it! I turned the smudges into a feature!
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My inner 4-year-old was having a blast! Now the smears were no longer a disastrous mistake, but an experiment to expand upon. Great fun!
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You can watch the whole thing in my first IGTV video. 😊 Let me know what you think!
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I have been so sleepy all day, but I still managed to grab a postcard and do a doodle on the couch. 😊
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Bad lighting limited what I could do, but I didn’t let that stop me. I simply let that be a creative constraint! 🖍
I can’t see well enough to fill in lines precisely? So I’ll make messy, imprecise lines!
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Do my gremlins approve? Heck no! But I’ve learned to disregard them, because my gremlins NEVER approve! 😂
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I simply kept going, because in the Creative Sandbox it’s not about impressing anyone (certainly not my gremlins!!), it’s ONLY about PLAYING! Exploring, experimenting—“Think process, not product” is Creative Sandbox Way™ Guidepost #2, after all, right after #1, “There is no wrong.”
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And let me tell you, taking even just a few minutes to make a doodle makes a huge difference in my mood!
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I hope you’re making time to make something just for the fun of it this weekend! .
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What did you make today?

Here’s a doodle I made during today’s Doodlecam, all about dealing with the fear of improvisation when you create your art.
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The finished doodle from this morning. .
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