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May 12, 2018
1 min

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 al...

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#rawthought: Weed or Wish: Sunday Morning Metaphors

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 we...

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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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Balance Over Ban: 5 Reasons Why We Shouldn’t Prohibit Smartphones in the Classroom

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 “naiv...

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#rawthought: The Only Two Things We Should Teach

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 se...

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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 bas...

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#rawthought: 10 Ways We Can Do Cancer Differently

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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#rawthought: On Ditching the (Dangerous) Dichotomy Between Content Knowledge and Creativity

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 work/lif...

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#rawthought: In Defense of Black Stars and Blue Hearts

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, app...

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#rawthought: The Beauty of Backwards Learning

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 wonder...

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#rawthought: Your Ellie – On the Primacy of Networked Knowledge

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 w...

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#rawthought: The Garden Effect and Bowie-ing it Up – Lessons from a Friend

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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#rawthought: Starfish, Coffee, and Dooba Dooba Dooba

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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#rawthought: Learning Curve: Mondrian or Gaudi?

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 th...

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#rawthought: Quellancholy: The Creative Frenzy Begat by Melancholy

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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#rawthought: What If We…Ditch “Best Practices”?

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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#rawthought: Learning the Weird, Wonderful, Worrisome

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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