Comments on: 5 Cool Things: light boxes, true stories, word maps, an idea matrix, and dirty footprints

By: Ellen

Ellen — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:02:59 +0000

Thanks for the information. Great stuff! I’m already a big fan of, Dirty Footprints Studio and the Moth.

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:08:53 +0000

Allow me to make my own passionate stand.

If using a light box is cheating, then cheating also includes making collages, altering photographs with software, and using fonts in web design.

Using tools to manifest something that once only existed in your imagination is nothing to hang your head about.

I’m with the light box kids.

Big hugs back at ya.

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:57:59 +0000

How geeky of you. I love it though. Concept map it is.

By: Mark Dykeman

Mark Dykeman — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:04:09 +0000

Thanks for the link love! The visual thesaurus looks more like a concept map than a mind map; still looks cool, though. .-= Mark Dykeman´s last blog ..Speedlinking – February 5 2010 =-.

By: Connie

Connie — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:58:07 +0000

It’s so funny….I have six light boxes at school that I let my kiddos use from time to time, and they are so split–there are students that love to use them, and those that refuse because they feel it is purely cheating! I love that a fourth grader can make such a passionate stand about Art, that I let them battle it out every time!!

Thanks for including me as one of your five!!

Big hugs!
.-= Connie´s last blog ..Listening to Oracles =-.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:48:12 +0000

Excellent post. Once I saw “dirty footprints” on your tweet, I absolutely had to click–I’m such a huge fan of Connie. I actually just featured her new workshop on my Saturday Spotlight, too. Her energy is boundless.

Can’t wait to try the Idea Matrix (although I’m still afraid you’re trying to trick me into math). Sounds like a fabulous tool.
.-= Amanda´s last blog ..Colorful hand marbled blank note cards – variety of 5 =-.

By: Ken

Ken — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:19:04 +0000

I love them. Perfectly sized for the drive to work.

And they recently started a Moth Radio Hour too. I’ll have to check it out.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:30:45 +0000

Ken, your title is misleading – for ‘Mildly’ read ‘Hugely’ – and the word ‘Quiet’ is totally superfluous.

Another gem of a post.

Added your ‘Let Go And Get A Hold Of Yourself’ to my ‘Posts of the Week.’ I had to share it.

By: Barbara Winter

Barbara Winter — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:37:56 +0000

Thanks for reminding me about The Moth. I heard one of their stories while I was driving and I was spellbound. Will have to track them down for more good tales.