The Grove Thoughts from and for The Grove Worldwide Network

Grove Associate Julie Gieseke ( MapTheMind) and visual colleague Mariah Howard (Arterior Motives) had a great time at the recent Maker’s Faire in San Mateo getting people to visualize what sustainability looks like. They integrated their drawings into a little video of inspiring images. There’s nothing quite like the fun of seeing hand done drawings appear like magic in real time. Click here to see Visualizing Sustainability.

Visualizing Sustainability

Colin Ware provided the keynote at this year’s VizThink conference in San Jose and a follow-up workshop on “How Do Patterns Structure Visual Thinking.” He’s a researcher from the University of New Hampshire and quite academic, but in his talk I found validation for a growing consensus that intention is the key player in perception.

He began with an inquiry into the primary uses of visual language. I took a lot of notes, which you can read here if you click to magnify. But then he went to the findings from his research.

Colin Ware on Uses of Visual Language

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Is it possible to experience panoramic visualization without actually participating in a meeting that is graphically facilitated? We’re coming close in The Grove’s new Learning Center in Second Life. For about a year we’ve have been experimenting with how much of The Grove’s work we can portray in this interesting virtual world. We own an island there, called “The Grove.” Just click this SLURL and it will direct you. If you get lost search for “The Grove” under “Places.” Maps on the pier where you land at The Grove have clickable teleports, including up to the Learning Center, shown here.

The Grove Learning Center in Second Life

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