Amy Burvall
Creativity 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...
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Amy Burvall
- Apr 29, 2018
- 3 min
#rawthought: Weed or Wish: Sunday Morning Metaphors
Is 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...
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Amy Burvall
- Apr 26, 2018
- 4 min
#rawthought: One Lens to Rule Them All
I 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...
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Amy Burvall
- Dec 13, 2017
- 5 min
Balance Over Ban: 5 Reasons Why We Shouldn’t Prohibit Smartphones in the Classroom
I must say I was appalled when I read this piece this morning (and responded with several tweets of my own). I called this decision...
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Amy Burvall
- Nov 15, 2017
- 5 min
#rawthought: The Only Two Things We Should Teach
Forgive 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...
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Amy Burvall
- Oct 14, 2017
- 5 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...
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Amy Burvall
- Oct 2, 2017
- 10 min
#rawthought: 10 Ways We Can Do Cancer Differently
my minimalist self portrait It’s my ten year anniversary of being diagnosed (ironically in October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month), with...
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Amy Burvall
- Aug 6, 2017
- 6 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...
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Amy Burvall
- Apr 7, 2017
- 5 min
#rawthought: In Defense of Black Stars and Blue Hearts
image taken from a vintage book on my shelf The other day I came across this shocking (or sadly, perhaps not so shocking, but rather,...
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Amy Burvall
- Feb 22, 2017
- 4 min
#rawthought: The Beauty of Backwards Learning
Have you ever thought yourself to be a fraud in some respect? Have you questioned your so-called “expertise” in your field or even...
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Amy Burvall
- Dec 8, 2016
- 3 min
#rawthought: Your Ellie – On the Primacy of Networked Knowledge
My 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...
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Amy Burvall
- Jun 1, 2016
- 4 min
#rawthought: The Garden Effect and Bowie-ing it Up – Lessons from a Friend
This 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...
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Amy Burvall
- Apr 24, 2016
- 4 min
#rawthought: Starfish, Coffee, and Dooba Dooba Dooba
I 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)....
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Amy Burvall
- Apr 12, 2016
- 3 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...
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Amy Burvall
- Apr 8, 2016
- 3 min
#rawthought: And Our Tools Shape Us
One of my favourite lines from media theorist and muse of mine, Marshall McLuhan, is “we become what we behold. We shape our tools and...
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Amy Burvall
- Apr 1, 2016
- 2 min
#rawthought: Quellancholy: The Creative Frenzy Begat by Melancholy
I have a love/hate relationship with the feeling of melancholy. It happens to me a lot…sometimes for inexplicable reasons. My mother had...
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Amy Burvall
- Mar 25, 2016
- 3 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...
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Amy Burvall
- Mar 5, 2016
- 1 min
#rawthought: Mind Peeks/Peaks
Started thinking about this play on words when I was reposting a Stephen Downes piece earlier. I think we “peek” into others’ minds as we...
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Amy Burvall
- Feb 26, 2016
- 2 min
#rawthought: Learning the Weird, Wonderful, Worrisome
Took 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...
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Amy Burvall
- Feb 21, 2016
- 2 min
#rawthought: VizVoVolley
I am in the process of archiving some hand-drawn iconography I created for some recent slide decks. I store these (when I can remember)...
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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...
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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...
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