Drawing thoughts
I recently discovered the value of drawing out my thoughts and the immense clarity that it gives me. It enables you to give structure your thoughts that often sift through fingers like sand. Mapping out your thoughts can also be a great way to express thoughts that don't have words yet because it does not restrict you in the spatial dimension like writing does. You can defy all rules of linearity!
This is an especially interesting revelation to me because I absolutely hated drawing class in school. I am only now realizing it isn't "drawing" that I disliked, it was that particular type of drawing that I found no interest in - drawing objects. Drawing a flower vase, drawing a fruit, drawing THINGS. This completely makes sense considering my natural interest in ideas as opposed to things.
The problem is that of mistaking the act of drawing with the purpose of the act. Mistaking the performance of an art for the purpose of performing that art. The confusion between performance and product of an art is so deep that I automatically assume a stage and an audience when I think of the word "performance".
Even beyond drawing, some subjects just have bad sales people for the little customers looking for interests school. It took me a passionate communicator to find my interest in History, to find the beauty in Mathematics which were previously merely culminated into homework and exams.
Geospatial Analysis and Technical Architect
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