mad for metaphor: sketching complexity
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me, sketching
everywhere
aren’t we all?
caves at chauvet32-30,000 BP
venus of willendorf28-25,000
Instagram Art
INSTANT ART GALLERY
an artistic shot… a sketch…
artwork you love…
Show something from your camera roll
you are proud of…
(then hold up)
“Historyteachers” YouTube
communityResearch Resources Cool Peeps Iconography
Metaphor Shortology Data Viz
Graphic Design Sketchnotes Photography
Video Branding Activities
bit.ly/imagED
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from this…
Paul W. Hankins in the laundromat!
to this…
workshop trailer
Gutenberg Parenthesis
return to more visual/ oral
we talk in pictures
Images existed before words, and they do convey a sense of universality
- artist Jean Julien
Power of the VISUAL
use metaphorical and visual thinking to express complex and abstract ideas
first symbols man created
Metaphor is about association + relationship
“EYE-DEAS”
Metaphor is about association + relationship
“EYE-CANDY”
Metaphor is about association + relationship
making ideas “grow” better
“Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth
in the least space”
orson scott card
metaphorical thinking
+iconography
Metaphorical Iconography
nurturing one’s network
“My-conography”
playing with media
“My-conography”
Sketch a…Sonnet
“The best way to learn a complex idea is to find it living inside something else
you already understand…
An amateur memorizes. A professional looks for metaphors”
seth godin
I saw the angelin the marble…
Michelangelo
…and I carved to set it free
FINDING VISUAL METAPHORS in the MUNDANE
ornate / ordered
star / support
dichotomy
Porous Pedestrian: METAPHOR HUNT
same image can be used for
many metaphors
Metaphors in Museums
Re-contextualize Artwork
Museum Remix
Paper 53 app
#oldandnew
Change?#imagiphor
Identify a change- related
metaphor
Or pass camera rollto a friend andchoose oneof their photos
Find a metaphor for CHANGE
on your camera roll
OR
in something in the roomIMAGIPHOR
https://flipgrid.com/1bc218
Think Pair Share
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Making CONNECTIONS:Metaphorical Thinking
TIPS and TRICKS
think thematically
slow down
look up and down
stuff your eyes with wonderRay Bradbury
If You Can’t Stop, Walk
file it away
weed or
wish?
MAKING VISUAL METAPHORS
visual metaphorfor
“eating disorder”
minimalist posters of a concept
minimalist posters of a concept
Get Your Metaphorical Mind On
3 of Me
https://flipgrid.com/e10d51
current life in 3 emoji
CSI (colour / symbol/image of you)
3 of me (where I’ve been/ where I am/
where I’m headed)
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CrowdsourcedVisual Vocab
create dictionary of iconography
CrowdsourcedVisual IconDictionary
- education - idea - technology - information - conflict - love - time - change - student - government - learning - imagine - travel - question
- research/curation
- quote - food - success - earth/world/
global - school - team/group - camera - smartphone - problem - think - imagine - writing - drawing
flipgrid.com/61a2f7
affective data
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Kennings
hyphenated compound metaphor
Anglo-Saxon and Norse literature
“northern kiss”= cold wind
“whale-road” = the ocean
“sky-candle”= sun
analogies game
word bank of nounsseek connections (use like and as)
visualize
horse wind
Visual Kenning
create a kenning … then sketch!
ideas: natural phenomenon
things in daily life
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feline devastation
starlight fir
@serendipidoodle
add corset ones
Serendipidoodle
flipgrid.com/639bd7
bit.ly/serendipidoodlizer
Use the given prompt slips or
try to be metaphorical
Muchness and Suchnessabstract concept viz based on letter
*inspired by Lewis Carroll
Drawing Muchness
Choose a letter.
Think of abstract concepts beginning with that letter.
Depict visually.
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3 sketches
Use the + and = sign to illustrate the synthesis
Sanburgian Synthesis
SandburgianSynthesis
Think of the elements that are a poetic synthesis.
Make 3 sketches
Use + and =
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remix logo
sketchquotes
I just want to make beautiful things… even if nobody cares
#bowie #literalalphabet
Playing with PUNS
#literalalphabet
Bow-e
J-walk
M-bark
Y-knot
Sketchquote
Pun Play
Google Remix
Choose one (or more!) and try to visualize.
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#needojiWhat words can’t express…
wanderlust
FOMO (fear of missing out)
Woe is me…
Having a Beyonce moment
A-ha moment
“untranslatable” words
SAUDADE (Portuguese) : longing feeling for something you’ve loved which is now lost
IKTSUARPOK (Inuit) : go outside to check if anyone is coming
PANA PO’O (Hawaiian) : scratch head in order to remember something you have forgotten
essentializing
David Ogilvy
big ideas usually come as simple ideas
Picasso’s Exercise: used at Apple
synthesis: emoji story
Emojiliterate?
The way out of the box is via the shackles
@BryanMMathers
Pictographs / Isotypes (1930s)
playing with type
MetaphoricalTypography
the lettering matches the mood or subject
the word is describing
Try with your name, your city or how you
feel right nowhttps://flipgrid.com/24dddf
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One Word to Rule Them All
your life right now your summer plans
Distill something complex, such an experience or content knowledge, into a single word and augment using metaphorical typography and/or accompanying doodles
https://flipgrid.com/a8611a
4 icon challenge
icon challenge
distill an event, film, song, or biography into 3-6 icons
nounproject.com is a great source
flipgrid.com/8a3720
SymbolRedesign
student symbol re-design
via Rhitt Growl
icon re-design:THE LOO
design a new male / female/ non-gender specific icon for the restroom
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Mondrian-ifyand
Minimalist Poster
Mondrian-esqueMetaphor
Illustrate a concept/idea from your discipline
MONDRIAN-IFY use simple geometric shapes and/or basic colors
for symbolismhttps://flipgrid.com/74443b
Haikonography of
“SPEAK” by L Halse Anderson
Haikonography
Haikonography
write a visual haiku using only icons
Three lines: five icons / seven icons / five icons
***remix! Write each on index cards then mill around room and exchange …new poem!
flipgrid.com/5f6992
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Dichotomy Series : male/ female
http://2kindsofpeople.tumblr.com/
http://2kindsofpeople.tumblr.com/
Split Screen: “Go Up”, Cassius
Split Screen: “Go Up”, Cassius
picture VENNs
#oldandnew
Dichotomy OR
Humourous Venn
https://flipgrid.com/2ee88f
Illustrate a dichotomy (try to let the image
do most of the talking but you can contextualize
with words)
OR
Create a humourous Venn diagram
with images and labels
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INSIGHT
How much coffee do you need?
-Gwen Burvall, 10
#Gridsgestures
Nick Sousanis
3 panel summary
MINIMALIST MOVIE POSTERS
POEMS NOVELS HISTORICAL EVENTS
Visualize a Series in a Theme
(Values)
Theme: “Power of Books”
3 Panel Summary
Theme Grid
In My Mind
Illustrate a film, novel or process in 3 panels
OR
Create a grid depicting a theme such as
Love is… / Summer is…
OR
sketch what’s in your mind
playing with stuff
Pareidolia
use existing found objects
Pareidolia
REMIX: draw over existing landscape
Paper 53 app
Re-contextualize Artwork
Museum Remix
Paper 53 app
paper clip pareidolia
Pareidolia
Use the mundane things around you (or items in your bag)
to create a whimsical illustration
Seek patterns and make something out of nothing
(a common one is to "see a face" in an inanimate thing)
Feel free to use paper and markers to enhance the illusion https://flipgrid.com/18e0dd
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OREO Challenge
everyone gets 1 Oreo (a malleable object) *if you need more you can partner with someone
use the Oreo, paper, + markers to visually depict either:
(“advertise an idea”)
leave whole!
take apart
cut in half
turn on side
crumble
OREOChallenge
Create a visual representation of a concept from the course using any available materials and a single Oreo cookie. Think of it as an advertisement of an idea.
https://flipgrid.com/5a58a9
playing with others
exquisite corpse / collaborative creativity
collaborative creativity: #remash
Visual verse volley
#hashtaggerie
idea! St. Pepper Sketch-a-Song Exquisite Corpse
volleysnowballwarm-up
visualize a vocabulary term, whimsical hashtag or short poem offered by a peer
write word then “throw” as a snowball
create an icon or other visualization for the idea (try metaphorical thinking)flipgrid.com/1ea232
more ideas from my book:
Lewis Carroll
chortle: chuckle + snort
mimsy: miserable + flimsy
portmanteaux
phrankenword
1 word +3 image
sketch note
(reflect 1st day of school)
#oodledoodle
Time?
@michelrijk
MINDFULNESS:one-linedrawing
Partner Portrait
in 1 Line
Practice mindfulness by attempting to draw with
one continuous line
Try drawing your friend's portrait this way
Perhaps add a little message of encouragement
and give them the portrait as a gift https://flipgrid.com/d112ea
*Henry Miller
Make something GOOD
every day
your big takeaway
a question
your personal challenge
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