Thursday, 9 October 2008

New weekly image



I have submitted my images of the past two weeks, the first is the mind map. This basically shows how that week all I could think about was mind maps, I had mind maps coming out of my ears. However my mind maps have not been too successful so I bought the Tony Buzan mind map book. This mind map shown is explaining how I am still questioning everything so I thought the best way to describe it would be a mind map.
The next image is something I can't talk much about, but it is an exciting new project that I may be involved in and this week I have been spending time trying to get some information together for that. This is y image depicting that.

Sunday, 5 October 2008

Tony Buzan Mind Mapping



This is Tony Buzan talking about mindmaps and how they can be used in any life situations.

Stuck

I love to draw and sketch and I am constantly referring back to a sketch book but i've got sketchers block. I want to get stuck into another sketch book but I'm getting the impression that this course isn't driving me to the sketch book, instead it's driving me to the dictionary. It's frustrating, maybe I should just pick up my pencil and see what happens.....


Another one of our assignments was to read "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell. It is such an interesting book, it looked at how little things can make a big difference, a statement that I find reassuring. It is an easy read but it makes you look intently at all the little details in life that could change everything. I would recommend this to anyone as there are parts that you can reflect on yourself.

Ethnography

The new course in DOJ are joining in on a few of our lectures and it's really nice to have another group join us from time to time. Its good because we can get their perspective on things too. Last night I participated in an interview which the ethnographers are required to do for their course. It was all about space, the space that I like to work in. It was really interesting finding out things that I didn't really notice about myself. It seems that I can't work in a space/studio that is completly open and that I can't work unless the space is organised and clutter free. I like it to be in a clean, white, crisp space but I need homely comforts in order for me to relax into my space.
It was a good reflection of self.

Mindfulness


Every Tuesday we have lectures from Prof. Tom Inns and last week we were given the assignment of relecting back over the years and taking note of the projects that we were involved in and stating their success rate. We had an exhibition of everyones assignments in the Mdes Studio and it was really good to gather some background information on everyone.

Friday, 3 October 2008

Mind Mapping



So Tony Buzan has written many books on mind mapping and I'm trying to get hold of one so I can learn all about them as they are a fasinating way to enhance your memory. Here is an example of my mind maps but I'm not finding the way that I do them very useful so I want to learn better ways to make the information given to me "stick."