tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15650481.post113651697503362375..comments2023-10-21T10:06:30.080-05:00Comments on Communication Nation: Visual thinking practice: AttentionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940621620133180202noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15650481.post-1151180871661449542006-06-24T15:27:00.000-05:002006-06-24T15:27:00.000-05:00Dave, it is very useful to condense wisdom into pr...Dave, it is very useful to condense wisdom into practice, in this case, making attention an action, a practice. I love your works.<BR/><BR/>I'm a guy fluctuating between an artist mindset and a logical person in business. When I'm creative like an artist, randomness and free thinking seems to prevail, when I'm in business mode, focus and attention seems to prevail.<BR/><BR/>I found that it is not the strength of either side of my brain brings me success. It is the dance choregraphed between these two parties that gives a uniquely creative and logical individual.<BR/><BR/>Attention given to randomness and free thinking always produces solid results. So I'm a strong advocate of capturing ideas, capturing the results of attentions, no matter how trivial it may seems, then process them later in organized fashion. This simple process/practice really proved successful for me.<BR/><BR/>Check out this "How to be Creative" drawing:<BR/>http://www.flickr.com/photos/moleskineart/52161984/<BR/><BR/>I hope the drawing can illustrate the idea better than my poor writing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15650481.post-1145477755055665902006-04-19T15:15:00.000-05:002006-04-19T15:15:00.000-05:00Professor Mihaly Cskinszentmialyi in his book, "Fl...Professor Mihaly Cskinszentmialyi in his book, "Flow: the psychology of optimal experience", describes flow using the same brain processing data. His intention to is relate the phenomenolgy of positive and negative psychic energy that he connects to attention as an step towards being happy. <BR/><BR/>The positive energy he claims is the drive which we (our consciosness) humans use to push towards happiness. The negative as the entropy away from it.<BR/><BR/>My question for you is the issue of positive or negative off-base and the question of better stated for happiness is really and matter of taste?Reputationisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00062318309561837137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15650481.post-1143911595725750252006-04-01T11:13:00.000-06:002006-04-01T11:13:00.000-06:00Try Norretranders, The User illusion.Try Norretranders, <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0140230122/ref=ase_botanicalsociety/104-3927026-9243165?s=books&v=glance&n=283155&tagActionCode=botanicalsociety" REL="nofollow">The User illusion.</A>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08940621620133180202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15650481.post-1143910806340568882006-04-01T11:00:00.000-06:002006-04-01T11:00:00.000-06:00Is there a source for those stats in the second pa...Is there a source for those stats in the second paragraph? I've been trying to find a source of this kind of information for some time!<BR/><BR/>Andy SmithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15650481.post-1138097632541027622006-01-24T04:13:00.000-06:002006-01-24T04:13:00.000-06:00Too little time to post a nice comment, but good j...Too little time to post a nice comment, but good job anyway on the blog. I'm actually lookign for <A HREF="http://www.digitalcameras-guide.com" REL="nofollow">digital camera rating</A> sites. I'll click a few more links down on the SE results. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15650481.post-1136818658180640162006-01-09T08:57:00.000-06:002006-01-09T08:57:00.000-06:00Thank you everyone!Thank you everyone!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08940621620133180202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15650481.post-1136767416877876222006-01-08T18:43:00.000-06:002006-01-08T18:43:00.000-06:00There is an interesting view regarding the subject...There is an interesting view regarding the subject "what do we pay attention to". It's by an swedish neurobiologist named David Ingvar who says we pay attention to things that are somehow related to something he calls "future memories", which are the little stories we create all the time about possibilities in our future. It's worth taking a look.<BR/>Best regards<BR/>Bruno CarneiroAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15650481.post-1136562488382871872006-01-06T09:48:00.000-06:002006-01-06T09:48:00.000-06:00This is a fine essay. I am passing it on to a frie...This is a fine essay. I am passing it on to a friend who needs some inspiration. I always find something in your blog that sparks my imagination. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com