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Thought Vectors: How a Thinkaholic Feels
Hi, my name is Yin and I’m a thinkaholic. (Check out concept and picture by Leah of Dharma Comics.) This chronic malady has its side effects. I’ve thought and blogged about its “collateral damage” quite a bit some 7 years ago. Here’s a paragraph from the post, Inner vs. Outside World, December 12, 2007 (on a private blog) about solo fantasy thinking: Quite often–, my inner world is more exciting than the outside world as my mind races through a myriad of topics and imagine the possibilities for adventure. I…
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Thought Vectors Self-Portrait
I know, I know. My apologies for another introductory post for a MOOC. I will try to make this short and sharp. Greetings to my fellow MOOCers from Richmond, Virginia! For those who are just reading this blog, I wrote an earlier introductory blogpost which is more visual using a Life Story album cover and a Life Story playlist. That was for a Creativity MOOC by Tina Selig which I successfully completed for the second time! Yay! The trail that led to this post began with a legendary tale about…
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Wonder, Irresistible Learning and Heroic Imagination
The name game is an intriguing one. Word pantomime or labels? A number of people I know, and in the fields I work closely in, dislike labels. Many believe labels have the potential to subtract value from who they truly are. (Have you heard of the “Label Jars Not People” organization established by Siobhan Brady to reduce mental health stigma?) Yet, human beings like to find pattern in chaos and ways to make sense of the world. So being aware of layers of perception about organizers as starting points (versus…
