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visual thinking

{manhole covers and turning down the volume}

by stargardener

“You are fatigued. It makes everything “louder” … You know?” she said. Geez. What a week. It is very right brain — this post. But here goes. I started writing it by listing keywords; then adding my explanation for clarity. My clarity. I cannot be sure this post will make any sense to you, Braveheart. ♥ [...]

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Secret Messages

by stargardener

{click read notations about this image} Let’s face it: Life can be a wild adventure; it can be fiercely intense and blurry and messy. Imagine yourself during {one of those days} … You are wrapped in a flurry of activity. Everything is smeared into a blur of movement and indecision. Then. You see words or [...]

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From Dark to Light

by stargardener

{click on image to view full-size/notations} Nature is an inspirational force for me because of its cycles and patterns, seasons and the beauty within each season. Moon phases are an aspect of nature that have always interested me. We are currently in the New Moon phase … Which I refer to it as the Dark [...]

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[How-To] Overcome Visually

by stargardener

vercoming various obstacles {challenges, confusions, fears, etc.} in a visual {and tactile} mode is my way of processing, deciphering and, well, overcoming! Oh! And — beyond the sense of sight — it usually involves dark chocolate, solitude and ear buds blasting whatever my favorite music is at that moment. Once I am settle, this practice [...]

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Overcoming Busyness {visually}

by stargardener

It can feel overwhelming to curb the challenge of daily {weekly} busyness {randomness, various rabbit trails and shiny things}, thus preventing “daily-busy” from flooding over our priorities. We begin the day full of hope and energy {mostly? } that what is in our mind’s eye will translate into tangible reality. Then, the day {week} concludes [...]

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What is a CreAtive Planner?

by stargardener

CreAtive planner —noun a person who {dares to plan outside the lines} and.or {un}plans, doodles, scribbles and rips paper as part of said process. a {handmade; collaged or otherwise artistically altered} book of days, ponderings and possibly appointments, to-do’s quotations, etc. Instead of adapting yourself to an {un}creAtive mode of goal-setting and planning — why [...]

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Knowing what you want

by stargardener

You do not succeed because you do not know what you want or you don’t want it intensely enough. ~Frank Crane I have a swirled response to that idea. Because sometimes knowing what you want becomes a work-in-progress, and the passionate intensity with which you pursue it is indeed {enough}. You simply are not “there” [...]

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Counting Days {Day 150}

by stargardener

The beginning is the most important part of the work. ~Plato Today is day 150 of 2010. There remain 215 days until the end of the year. As an experienced visual thinker — I see this is as an opportunity! An opportunity for a start line, a new beginning — a fresh start! Aren’t we [...]

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Picture

by stargardener

{A picture is worth a thousand words.} My most-accomplished plans occur when I plan in pictures {drawing; collage; graphics; photos; doodles}. Said plans keep my picture-processing mind focused and on-task. This week I am focusing on visual planning ala mind-mapping and {journal spilling}. To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own [...]

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Planning in Color Time

by stargardener

As a right brain dominant thinker, creAtive planning is something I have always done — I simply didn’t compile notes about it until 2008! I began to track my optimum hours of productivity {and creativity} — and to collect information pertaining to creAtive ways to organize my days. If you are interested in joining in [...]

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