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There’s a classic study from a college pottery class that I think about often. One group of students was told to make the best pot they could over the course …

There’s a romantic vision of creativity that we’ve all been sold: the artist struck by inspiration, the writer consumed by their muse, the innovator hit with a flash of brilliance …

Every January, millions of people set goals. By February, most of those goals have been abandoned. It’s not because people lack willpower or commitment. It’s because goal-setting, as typically practiced, …

Have you ever sketched something during a conversation or while processing an idea, and then later looked back at it thinking, “This is fine, but it feels… shallow”? You capture …

You sit down with your notebook and pen, ready to tackle that complex project that’s been bouncing around in your head. You’ve got a lot to figure out, and the …

Here’s a simple question that can transform your next visual thinking project: Why are you sketching this out in the first place? You might think the answer is obvious. But …

Recently I’ve been thinking about the barriers that keep us from making marks on the page, even when we know those marks will be helpful. One of the biggest that …

When new ideas come to you, where do they go next? I address that question in one of the new lessons that I developed for ​the updated Verbal to Visual …

A food forest is a specific type of permaculture that blends together a fruit and nut orchard with a vegetable and flower garden. I’ve known that I’ve wanted to grow …

I’ve recently realized that the visual thinking programs that I run are about three things: 1. Building Skills We gather together for the purpose of building visual thinking skills, to …