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By: The Art of Brainstorming :: Stop Drawing Stick People // by Scott Hale | Heart of Campus Ministry

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:59:46 +0000

[...] Most psychologists agree that we draw stick figures because we lose confidence in our artistic ability at some age. Ok, no big deal. We’re not all artists. But notice – we don’t choose to draw stick people because we can’t draw…we do it because we aren’t confident. Continue Reading… [...]

By: Scott Hale

Scott Hale — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:55:47 +0000

You’re welcome – and thank you for stopping by and taking time to read and comment.

By: PC

PC — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:54:29 +0000

This was a fantastic read. Thanks for this.

By: The Art of Brainstorming :: Stop Drawing Stick People // by Scott Hale « Heart of Campus Ministry

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:36:43 +0000

[...] choose to draw stick people because we can’t draw…we do it because we aren’t confident. Continue Reading… Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)The Art of Brainstorming pt1A Movement…Turning a [...]

By: Kareem Ahmed

Kareem Ahmed — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:19:42 +0000

fantastic post. its so hard to DO it, especially if you are working with people that are older and don’t take you seriously.

dare to be different. just do it.

nice post scott

By: artistatexit0

artistatexit0 — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:14:14 +0000

I once did an experiment in an gallery where I tried gauging a person’s confidence level with art. When asked, most people I talked to were willing to dance or sing a few bars of a song. However, when I introduced a piece of paper with pencil and asked for a drawing , I was greeted with frozen expressions. There wasn’t any expectations…a stick figure would have been welcomed! Something about the visual arts keeps people from making an attempt. Creating a drawing is such a simple and yet conceptual act. I have thought about that experiment many times over the years and is probably one reason why I make “stick figures” today. I’m for whatever will get people to make that initial attempt. I’m forever hopeful that for some, a creative spark will occur. Thanks for your post!

By: sjhalestorm

sjhalestorm — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:04:21 +0000

Thanks for stopping by, Danny.

I’m right there with you on brainstorming. It can be a really fun experience if ideas flow naturally. That usually means without restraint to me.

Like you said, turning a brainstorm into reality is the difficult part. It becomes much easier if everybody is willing to participate unfiltered. There’s something to be said for taking the work out of brainstorming and saving the energy for implementation.

By: Danny P

Danny P — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:58:04 +0000

Brainstorming is one of my favorite things in the world to do. You’ve really captured why in this post. The difficultly comes in turning that effective brainstorm into reality, into something of substance that actual generates results for your client.

Not quite as fun as brainstorming. Ha.

Great post.