Comments on: Back to Basics: When You’re Short on Big Ideas, Think Small http://www.mildlycreative.com/2009/10/back-to-basics/ Life, Art, and Other Unfinished Work Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:28:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Donna http://www.mildlycreative.com/2009/10/back-to-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-2702 Donna Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:52:33 +0000 http://www.mildlycreative.com/?p=1686#comment-2702 Wondering what I can do with squirkling hmmmm.........and thank you for the link to DrawSpace.com. I am so glad I found your blog. It's wonderful. Wondering what I can do with squirkling hmmmm………and thank you for the link to DrawSpace.com. I am so glad I found your blog. It’s wonderful.

]]> By: Ken http://www.mildlycreative.com/2009/10/back-to-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-1368 Ken Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:10:08 +0000 http://www.mildlycreative.com/?p=1686#comment-1368 Hope you had a blast. Hope you had a blast.

]]> By: Ken http://www.mildlycreative.com/2009/10/back-to-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-1367 Ken Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:09:51 +0000 http://www.mildlycreative.com/?p=1686#comment-1367 Sounds like an interesting book. I'll have to check it out. Oh yeah. Thanks for the disturbing image. Sounds like an interesting book. I’ll have to check it out.

Oh yeah. Thanks for the disturbing image.

]]> By: Ken http://www.mildlycreative.com/2009/10/back-to-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-1366 Ken Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:09:02 +0000 http://www.mildlycreative.com/?p=1686#comment-1366 Watch out for the sharp edges. Watch out for the sharp edges.

]]> By: Ken http://www.mildlycreative.com/2009/10/back-to-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-1365 Ken Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:08:23 +0000 http://www.mildlycreative.com/?p=1686#comment-1365 Warning. It's not exactly an exciting read, but the practice can be a lot of fun if you let it be. Warning. It’s not exactly an exciting read, but the practice can be a lot of fun if you let it be.

]]> By: Ken http://www.mildlycreative.com/2009/10/back-to-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-1364 Ken Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:07:34 +0000 http://www.mildlycreative.com/?p=1686#comment-1364 Crafting sentences is a great way to spark some ideas. Crafting sentences is a great way to spark some ideas.

]]> By: Kim Wood http://www.mildlycreative.com/2009/10/back-to-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-1362 Kim Wood Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:13:20 +0000 http://www.mildlycreative.com/?p=1686#comment-1362 Thanks Ken for introducing me to squirkling. What a wonderful word! I'm looking forward to spending some time squirkling this evening. Thanks Ken for introducing me to squirkling. What a wonderful word!
I’m looking forward to spending some time squirkling this evening.

]]> By: CathD http://www.mildlycreative.com/2009/10/back-to-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-1360 CathD Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:44:08 +0000 http://www.mildlycreative.com/?p=1686#comment-1360 What does it say about me that my mind sprung to "he's putting on his gimp mask"?!!! (the man behind the trees) I love the idea of tiny steps and squirkling! It actually relates really well to what Daniel Coyle talks about in the book, "Talent Code," where he explains "Deep practice" is the fastest way to learn, and deep practice involves slowing down to the tiniest parts of the skill (so tiny they're hardly recognisable as being a part of the skill), and then practicing them over and over until you get that tiny part right. One of the examples he gives is of a tennis training program where the kids aren't even given rackets for the first few years! I love that research is actually showing that tiny steps are the fastest way to learn! Cath What does it say about me that my mind sprung to “he’s putting on his gimp mask”?!!! (the man behind the trees)

I love the idea of tiny steps and squirkling! It actually relates really well to what Daniel Coyle talks about in the book, “Talent Code,” where he explains “Deep practice” is the fastest way to learn, and deep practice involves slowing down to the tiniest parts of the skill (so tiny they’re hardly recognisable as being a part of the skill), and then practicing them over and over until you get that tiny part right. One of the examples he gives is of a tennis training program where the kids aren’t even given rackets for the first few years!

I love that research is actually showing that tiny steps are the fastest way to learn!

Cath

]]> By: Jane http://www.mildlycreative.com/2009/10/back-to-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-1359 Jane Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:35:19 +0000 http://www.mildlycreative.com/?p=1686#comment-1359 I love squirkling too! I've always doodled just patterns like that and all this time, I thought I was just a terribly unimaginative doodler! I also like" just write a sentence". Gonna go get that book..... I love squirkling too! I’ve always doodled just patterns like that and all this time, I thought I was just a terribly unimaginative doodler!
I also like” just write a sentence”. Gonna go get that book…..

]]> By: Lucia http://www.mildlycreative.com/2009/10/back-to-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-1356 Lucia Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:24:39 +0000 http://www.mildlycreative.com/?p=1686#comment-1356 Hi Ken, Your timing couldn't have been better for me. I definitely needed to read your post today! I hereby dub thee, "My Sound Advice Guru of the Day"! By the way, I too love the word 'squirkling' . . . just rolls around in your mouth a bit, doesn't it? Hi Ken,

Your timing couldn’t have been better for me. I definitely needed to read your post today! I hereby dub thee, “My Sound Advice Guru of the Day”!

By the way, I too love the word ‘squirkling’ . . . just rolls around in your mouth a bit, doesn’t it?

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