What is Visual Thinking? 

Raúl, I am happy that you found this video useful. I always hate to hear of anyone keeping themselves away from visual thinking, but I totally understand what you're saying. Here's a handful of things I do/say to help keep people motivated: 1. Don't compare your insides to someone else's outsides. It's never fair to yourself. 2. Practice makes progress. It's not about perfection, it's about your progress over time. I can make the above look beautiful and effortless from my 42 years of drawing experience. 3. Process over product. Shush the Inner Critic by focusing on what you're looking to make happen with your visual thinking (drawing as a verb), not the perfection of the product (drawing as a noun). The latter keeps us from even doing the former. 4. I *do* make my own drawings direct and not overly decorated or illustrated to stick to my own process. If any of those are useful to you and those you're encouraging, please share them.

I Would love to discuss more about this.

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AND it's the first time in years I've watched all the way through a video that long! :)

Hello, Fellow Visual Thinker! :^) Personally, I don't categorize electronic tools as more advanced. Pros and cons to any tool. I believe whatever tool is readily available and one uses often is the _right_ tool for them. For example, I am a very happy Surface Pro owner, but I don't use it as a tablet, because I given up too much speed and nuance with a stylus. (Yes, even an Apple pencil is not enough.) I can't archive or distribute my drawings as easily as you can, but that's no problem compared to the benefits to me getting my initial thoughts out. And I use my computer plenty for different things. Currently, I'm designing a new layout for my studio and being able to move pieces around in Illustrator is the right tool for the job. I start pattern designs for fabric and clothing handdrawn, but then scan my work and move pieces around in Illustrator. And I want to give a shout out to switching tools to break your working patterns and see what happens. If you are working with your tablet or desktop computer and feel stalled out, grab paper and pen and go! See what happens. Thanks for your comment and question, Dmitry.

Brandy Agerbeck Thanks!

@Yaminda Miloudi The book is The Idea Shapers. You can find it on my site, Loosetooth.com, or on Amazon. Thanks for asking!

@Thanh Phan The flipchart is the Sketch-at-Work and my markers are from the German company Neuland. The markers are their No One and Big One styles, they are nontoxic, refillable and you can replace the nibs too. I handmixed the chartreuse color that matches my shirt. Hope that helps!

Static Film Sheets from Neuland

There are countless ways to think visually. Mindmapping is one very popular technique. If you want to see the steps I teach, search for my TEDx talk, Shape Your Thinking. If you like my approach, those steps are how my book The Idea Shapers is organized.

There are proper captions on the video on my site. I'll look for the file and add it here too. Thanks, Whitney! www.loosetooth.com/what-is-visual-thinking

@@visualthinking Wow you're AWESOME! I checked your website but looks like you already updated it here too. If everyone was as receptive to improving accessibility as you are, we'd live in a much different world! Thanks Brandy!

@@whitneyw7147 Thank you. :^D It was easy to find the file, so I uploaded it here too. I may be slow to retroactively caption things, but it's become part of my process with new videos and my online course videos. Always looking for how to make learning visual thinking easier and more clear for everyone.

I'm afraid you're mistaken, we ALL have a "minds eye", it's just that some people are more consciously aware of it. The process of practicing visual thinking does bring it much closer to the surface of our conscious awareness but it is an essential inherent part of human cognition.

@@pedlarspen9876not true, it's called aphantasia.