How drawing helps you think | Ralph Ammer | TEDxTUM
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Published 2019-01-17
Ralph Ammer is a professor at the Munich University of Applied Sciences and teaches biophilic design, which aims to create life-friendly objects, images, and services based on nature. Ralph believes in the diversity of 21st century craftsmen, regardless of whether they produce well-written programming code, carefully crafted prints, or the occasional ceramic vessel. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
All Comments (21)
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"If I cannot draw it, it probably means that I don't understand it yet." PERFECT
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”This didn’t come out like a poem, we shouldn’t speak”. Brilliant!
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Love that! “We don’t find beauty. We make the world beautiful by paying attention.”
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I love how he said "Like and architect does. When she..." instead of using "he". just for one time. I love it
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as a therapist, social psychologist and artist, I found this to be extraordinary! Thank you! I want more!
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I have this weird thing where when I draw and listen to a podcast, later when some time has passed, days and weeks, I remember vividly the content and stories of the podcast just by looking at the drawing. All I need to do is look at the drawing and everything comes flooding back (I do not try consciously to remember the podcast, it is just an automatic recall). It makes me wonder if there is a complex cognitive mind mapping happening that as drawers we are not even aware of. And I also wonder how this can be harnessed to improve memory.
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"We tend to draw what we already know, and not what we see" "Because we don't find beauty, we make the world more beautiful by paying attention" These quotes above are very meaningful and it describes things perfectly. This ted talk also describes the way in which I visually think, or without words. It was always hard to explain to people you can think in terms of other things besides written or spoken language. This does an amazing job of capturing the way art changes a person's way of thinking!
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"I stored thoses memories in my mind, and not on my camera" ++++
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"We don't find beauty, we make beauty by paying attention to what we see." ...Lovely
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Wow, not even done watching yet and this is a great talk. As an artist, I approve of his message.
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2000 years to teach everybody to write, and we go back to hieroglyphics because that is how the mind really works.
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What a remarkable talk. I wish I could give it multiple Likes. So refreshing to hear drawing talked about as a skill like writing or speaking rather than sidelined or elevated as an artistic activity for only trained, eccentric, dramatic people. Wonderful speaker too. Thank you.
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Absolutely genius. Among the 100s of TED videos with exaggerated titles, you'll find a gem like this. More than convinced drawing will make an impact.
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I'm an artist but life's been distracting. Going to begin drawing every day Thank you. Inspiring & Thought provoking
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I always told people that my diary was my drawings and they never understood that that's how I let emotions and thoughts out and now I'm learning I'm not actually crazy !
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4:53 “I store those memories in my mind, and not on my camera.”
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After reading "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" 40 years ago I began to draw and it became the best way to express and confirm my most cherished values and goals. I don't draw any longer but find peace and comfort from these pictures displayed throughout my house.
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If doodling is a kind of drawing, this helps explain why I can focus better during meetings.
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I want his moving drawings as my screensaver.
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“creativity is like breathing. u take in ideas & knowledge, & u combine it to new ideas that u made.”❤️🔥
