On Wednesday Jimmy showed us a number of really creative ways of organizing and categorizing thoughts called 'Mind Maps" some of them were really silly, while others were quite productive from the looks of them.
After checking out a bunch of examples, we were given time to develop a mind map of our own. There were no stipulations really, so everyone kind of went in their own direction. One girl in class was mapping out the changes her life would take if she were to wake up as a zombie. I in turn explored the possibilities of having absolute control over one of the 4 elements (Water, Wind, Earth, Fire) I really thought through what my powers would be and how they could be beneficial in everyday usage. I gotta say: it was pretty rad.
Toward the end of class we got to watch Scott McCloud's TED Talk… (more in the next post)