Show Notes
Before you go any further with this episode, check out both: Jono's mindmap travel journal from 7 months traveling in Central America, South East Asia, and South Africa, and Eva-Lotta Lamm's sketchnotes from her 14-month world trip.
With the help of visual thinking expert Eva-Lotta Lamm, in this episode we discuss how using techniques like sketch-noting and mind-mapping can enrich travel experiences, offer a deeper connection to the moment, and create engaging and memorable journals. Eva-Lotta shares her professional journey from UX designer to visual thinking consultant and provides practical tips for anyone looking to enhance their note-taking and journaling skills, no matter their drawing ability.
The discussion covers the concept of improvisation in drawing, the benefits of using a pen instead of pencils to avoid early editing, the freedom of mind mapping compared to linear note-taking, and the guest's personal experiences with sketch noting during her 14-month global odyssey.
Further information and links "The Godfather" of Sketch-noting - Mike Rohde Mind-mapping guru - Tony Buzan Improvisation coach - Dan Klein
External links to Eva-Lotta's work and classes YogaNotes EvaLotta.shop Instagram account Pragmatic Sketching Masterclass Little People Basics Little People Pairs
Podcast Summary 00:00 Introduction 01:27 Meet Eva-Lotta Lamm 02:23 Eva-Lotta's Career Journey 05:09 Mind Map Travel Journals 06:08 The Art of Visual Note-Taking 07:37 The Evolution of Sketch Notes 15:16 The Power of Analogies in Sketching 21:01 Creating Mind Map Travel Journals 27:48 Capturing Emotions in Sketches 28:40 Travel Sketching Experiences 30:20 The Concept of Aphantasia 31:55 Improvisation in Sketching 34:58 Analog vs Digital Sketching 38:51 The Joy of Travel Journals 40:46 Encouraging Visual Thinking 44:41 Overcoming the Fear of Drawing 52:33 Eva-Lotta's Teaching and Projects 54:01 Conclusion and Farewell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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