![]() ![]() Invariably they insisted they couldn’t draw. I asked college students, people on the bus, neighbors, strangers in coffee shops, college professors. I asked people to make a quick sketch of something important to them. Or they lived creatively and according to their own unique vision, inspiring others by example. Or they worked tirelessly for a greater good without ever seeking acclaim. ![]() They not only cared deeply but consistently reached out to help others. And besides, I already I knew people whose most basic needs were barely met, but were damn close to the top of the scale. ![]() I had nothing against the guy, I’m just not fond of stuffing people in categories. I also hoped that it would disprove Maslow just a bit. I designed my project to be simple and get me a good grade. Maslow insisted that most people are focused on basic needs, fewer are able to move up to higher level needs, and the rarest make it to what he called self-actualization. It was supposed to demonstrate Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. When we generate those images we’re going deeper, beyond the chatter and clamor of daily life.īack in college I was assigned a psychology class project. We may rely heavy on the written word throughout the day but our species used images long, long before formalized symbols such as words. Like a form of meditation, sketching can take us to a still point in ourselves. But if we draw something without criticizing, erasing, and apologizing for the result we find that the process itself pulls us out of our habitual patterns of thinking. Those of us who don’t draw often (or ever) may be uncomfortable taking pencil in hand to create an image. ![]()
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