Amy BurvallMay 12, 20181 minCreativity Tips Vlog Series: 1-10 #LDvid30“Creativity Tips!” Bet you didn’t see that coming. What I am trying to do is keep it raw, going with whatever I shoot in one take. I’m...
Amy BurvallApr 29, 20183 min#rawthought: Weed or Wish: Sunday Morning MetaphorsIs this a Weed or a Wish? This sketch is something I did a long time ago to illustrate perspective – some might think a dandelion is a...
Amy BurvallApr 26, 20184 min#rawthought: One Lens to Rule Them AllI often bolt out of bed thinking of things that seem quite sensible at 4am but perhaps not so much at 3:45 in the afternoon. I’m not sure...
Amy BurvallDec 13, 20175 minBalance Over Ban: 5 Reasons Why We Shouldn’t Prohibit Smartphones in the ClassroomI must say I was appalled when I read this piece this morning (and responded with several tweets of my own). I called this decision...
Amy BurvallNov 15, 20175 min#rawthought: The Only Two Things We Should TeachForgive me, but I was a bit tricksy in the title of this post. I’ve been thinking about this for years, probably, but as I see society...
Amy BurvallOct 14, 20175 min#rawthought: Autonomous Art?This morning I woke to a post on my Twitter feed sharing an article from Prospect Magazine – “How the Human Got His Paintbrush”. It’s...
Amy BurvallOct 2, 201710 min#rawthought: 10 Ways We Can Do Cancer Differentlymy minimalist self portrait It’s my ten year anniversary of being diagnosed (ironically in October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month), with...
Amy BurvallAug 6, 20176 min#rawthought: On Ditching the (Dangerous) Dichotomy Between Content Knowledge and Creativity“Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life…” – Pablo Picasso I’ve taken this completely out of context (Picasso was alluding to...
Amy BurvallApr 7, 20175 min#rawthought: In Defense of Black Stars and Blue Heartsimage taken from a vintage book on my shelf The other day I came across this shocking (or sadly, perhaps not so shocking, but rather,...
Amy BurvallFeb 22, 20174 min#rawthought: The Beauty of Backwards LearningHave you ever thought yourself to be a fraud in some respect? Have you questioned your so-called “expertise” in your field or even...
Amy BurvallDec 8, 20163 min#rawthought: Your Ellie – On the Primacy of Networked KnowledgeMy 6th grade daughter had her first dance the other day (cue *sigh*). On the way to school in the morning there was some confusion as to...
Amy BurvallJun 1, 20164 min#rawthought: The Garden Effect and Bowie-ing it Up – Lessons from a FriendThis past week I was privileged to meet with dear old friends in the beautiful land that is the U.K. I culminated my part business / part...
Amy BurvallApr 24, 20164 min#rawthought: Starfish, Coffee, and Dooba Dooba DoobaI chanced upon two things this morning that really struck a chord (you’ll get the pun when you see that both are about famous musicians)....
Amy BurvallApr 12, 20163 min#rawthought: Learning Curve: Mondrian or Gaudi?Today I had the pleasure of watching (and reading) Howard Rheingold’s interview with Unflattening author Nick Sousanis. Like Howard, I am...
Amy BurvallApr 8, 20163 min#rawthought: And Our Tools Shape UsOne of my favourite lines from media theorist and muse of mine, Marshall McLuhan, is “we become what we behold. We shape our tools and...
Amy BurvallApr 1, 20162 min#rawthought: Quellancholy: The Creative Frenzy Begat by MelancholyI have a love/hate relationship with the feeling of melancholy. It happens to me a lot…sometimes for inexplicable reasons. My mother had...
Amy BurvallMar 25, 20163 min#rawthought: What If We…Ditch “Best Practices”?When was the last time you were asked to share “best practices”? This phrase came up yesterday for me in a Twitter chat, and it suddenly...
Amy BurvallMar 5, 20161 min#rawthought: Mind Peeks/PeaksStarted thinking about this play on words when I was reposting a Stephen Downes piece earlier. I think we “peek” into others’ minds as we...
Amy BurvallFeb 26, 20162 min#rawthought: Learning the Weird, Wonderful, WorrisomeTook a drive today and that is my number one mundane thing to do to get creative inspiration. I can’t tell you how many ideas I have had...
Amy BurvallFeb 21, 20162 min#rawthought: VizVoVolleyI am in the process of archiving some hand-drawn iconography I created for some recent slide decks. I store these (when I can remember)...
Amy Burvall Dec 28, 2020 6 min Also....Advent (an Alternative Advent Calendar, 2020) This year I decided to once again use the digital Advent calendar creation site https://tuerchen.com/ However, I noticed that they don't...
Amy Burvall Nov 29, 2020 1 min The #globalthankswondercut project If you were to write a love letter to the world what would it be? A Crowdsourced Creativity Project In the midst of this global pandemic...
