So, my business name is Mind’s Eye Creative. There have been a few times in my life where I had to name things. My kids, pets and business. If you’ve ever had to ‘name’ something you know how tricky that can be. You want it to be a name that’s …
Did you guess it? If you said the letter ‘s’ you are right. There is a bit of debate on which letter is THE most difficult to draw, but my vote is with the letter ‘s’. It is unrelated to any other letter form. It doesn’t have a straight line, …
Space. I must say to my children often, “please give me some space” because now my 5 year old is saying it. When she said, I say, “of course!” because I know how I need space. I’m not an overly touch-feely person so I just keep a little bit of …
People wonder what to call me. Are you an… Artist? Graphic designer? Illustrator? Graphic recorder? Facilitator? Drawer? Visual writer? Visual Practitioner? Sketchnoter? Sketch artist? Visual Note Taker? The list goes on. My definitions and preferences: Graphic Recorder – when I’m drawing large scale, in real time. This is where I …
When we physically write we are incorporating our body into our work. Our brains learn and retain best when we are physically moving. When we hear new information, our brain wants us to take action on that information somehow with our body. Writing out that information (even better, adding drawing …
One of the most common questions I get about my work with graphic recording is … Well, it’s been an interesting journey on how I really ‘fell’ into this but I’ll keep it short. I was working at a non-profit family centre where I learned about community development and facilitation …
2018 was an amazing year for my business, Mind’s Eye Creative. I attribute a lot of my growth from people understanding the power of visuals to not just help them in real-time, in the moment but helping to retain information long term. The intentional work around helping people remember information …
I haven’t always been a ‘New Year’s Resolution’ person but I’m definitely a goal setter. Last year I focused on 90 day plans, which I think is great as well if you are running a business. There are a few things that I think are important to take into consideration …
2018 was the year of the podcast for me. I really started realizing all of the amazing podcast that are out there and the smart and talented people behind them. I spent all year flip-flopping between audiobooks and podcasts. I tried out lots of different ones but this list here …
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