tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373621702024-03-05T06:53:03.815+01:00picturethinkingPicturethinking is thinking in a multidimensional way, using the possibilities of imagination. Picturethinking is a natural talent we all have, but not everybody is good at it. It is possible to develop this natural talent. Read, practice and think with me.Lot Blomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097349674247675828noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37362170.post-14149491393351480112013-10-19T02:23:00.000+02:002013-10-19T02:23:55.489+02:00Teaching is a creative professionSir Ken Robinson: "How to escape education's death valley." Brilliant plea for education functioning as an organic system and providing the right conditions for our natural curiosity and creativity to flourish. Teaching is a creative profession... <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/wX78iKhInsc" width="480"></iframe><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Treasures of Timbuktu. These handwritten texts are seen as the carriers of culture and are treated with the greatest respect. This impressive film can give people with dyslexia a new look at the benefits of written text... Lot Blomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097349674247675828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37362170.post-84722537337566260362013-02-05T18:04:00.001+01:002013-02-05T23:52:43.604+01:00RI Teacher Says"I Quit!"<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sBSgchJe2Z0" width="459"></iframe><br />
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<h5 class="uiStreamMessage userContentWrapper" data-ft="{"type":1,"tn":"K"}" style="color: black; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="messageBody" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38;"><span class="userContent">One creative considerate and passionate teacher in USA has had enough of "creating test-takers" and can not see any room for his desire to create life-long learners. He quits - and explains why.</span></span></h5><div><span class="messageBody" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38;"><span class="userContent"><br />
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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">In the Independer a brilliant article was published on 'Why phonics tests spell trouble'.
I agree with the writer that it is silly to test children with words that have no meaning, as reading is all about meaning. In Holland the same mistake is made, but only with testing for dyslexia. With nonsense words you get no meaning, no picture. So in order to read a nonsense word you have to shut out your need for meaning, which is contradictory to 'reading'. The only thing the kids learn is reading without understanding what you read.
Find the article at: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/schools/why-phonics-tests-spell-trouble-8364917.html
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Lot Blomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097349674247675828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37362170.post-38419921291949008852012-10-16T00:36:00.000+02:002012-10-16T00:36:18.643+02:00New book (in Dutch) about picture thinking: 'Pictures in your head'NOW AVAILABLE!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Picture thinkers can rapidly change perspective and see something in mind from all sides. The big picture and the details simultaneously.They function in a different way because their thinking is creative and diverse.
They employ picture thinking. Everyone can think in pictures, but some people who are better at it than other people we call picture thinkers. Picture thinking engages imagination multidimensionally. It moves along various levels of perception and through more dimensions, as opposed to thought that moves in a lineair sequence.
Lot Blom (1950), expert in multidimensional thinking, is healer and coach for persons with visual-spatial and associative thought, so
called picture thinkers. After years of working with Davis Counseling, Tomatis Listening Therapy and HeartMath Heart Coherence, she developed the integrative approach she explains in this book. ISBN: 97890 202 08184 € 14,95 ISBN ebook: 97890 202 08191 € 11,99. Paperback, 160 pagina’s. Uitgave Ankh-Hermes VBKMedia.Lot Blomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097349674247675828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37362170.post-87348888931393261132012-09-06T01:49:00.000+02:002012-09-06T01:49:38.950+02:00Maria Montessori<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Maria Montessori was a great humanist and educator who formed most of the educational system as we know it and gained great recognition around the world. 'Learning something when you are ready for it' and 'learning with all the senses' are strong components of her teaching system, which is very suitable for picture thinkers. Maria Montessori (August 31, 1870 – May 6, 1952)
(partly shared from Tomatis Athens)Lot Blomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097349674247675828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37362170.post-35008880504758080782012-09-01T01:55:00.000+02:002012-09-01T01:55:58.007+02:00Colors, images and music<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Lot Blomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097349674247675828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37362170.post-23694481955582729222012-08-28T01:04:00.000+02:002012-08-28T01:07:25.776+02:00Pictures in your head. A manual for picture thinkers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLODwSkg9iVtaixvpZMfCguQ9Y6es4LTYdJ49ihShRFfxgLrlC7nS_aZSHJTKG46dNLdTpMFsbP7R9nVh_hfvUle0P2WHi3XNIKDYK3FSj4rUJiCVJ3fEaY7EMHo8M2OhAaUHwzg/s1600/Blom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLODwSkg9iVtaixvpZMfCguQ9Y6es4LTYdJ49ihShRFfxgLrlC7nS_aZSHJTKG46dNLdTpMFsbP7R9nVh_hfvUle0P2WHi3XNIKDYK3FSj4rUJiCVJ3fEaY7EMHo8M2OhAaUHwzg/s320/Blom.jpg" /></a></div>Picture thinking is a fast, associative way of thinking, where imagination and feeling play a major role. Everyone can think in pictures, but people often prefer linear thinking, where a strict sequence persists. Picturethinking takes multiple steps at once, giving faster and more frequently acces to multiple dimensions than with line thinking. That explains how a picture thinker can have a refreshing look at something, oversee a situation at a glance and come up with original solutions. Picture thinking is useful and fun. But people who have a preference for this thinking style often get labeled as "dyslexic" or "busy in the head". It is high time that the qualities of picture thinkers should be counted for in education and teaching. Thinking differently means educate and learn differently. This book provides a wealth of information and tips for parents and teachers, but especially for those who want to explore their own talent for moredimensional thinking.
Author Lot Blom. Editor Ankh-Hermes VBKMedia. Utrecht, Netherlands ISBN 9789020208184
Dutch edition appears in October 2012. English translation in progress.
Lot Blomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097349674247675828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37362170.post-47202829766522392582012-06-27T22:34:00.000+02:002012-06-28T00:07:33.152+02:00Sensory experience is good for the brain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another advantage of being a picture thinker: sensory experience turns out to be rewarding! We already knew that the brain forms itself according to how we use it and the circumstances we live in. The senses play a big role. Every good pedagogue knows that sensory experience enhances learning. Good to see that science proves them right: Max Planck Florida Institute Study shows that
persistent sensory experience is good for the aging brain.
"Despite a long-held scientific belief that much of the wiring of the brain is fixed by the time of adolescence, a new study shows that changes in sensory experience can cause massive rewiring of the brain, even as one ages. In addition, the study found that this rewiring involves fibers that supply the primary input to the cerebral cortex, the part of the brain that is responsible for sensory perception, motor control and cognition. These findings promise to open new avenues of research on brain remodeling and aging."
Published in the May 24, 2012 issue of Neuron, the study was conducted by researchers at the Max Planck Florida Institute (MPFI) and at Columbia University in New York.
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The Bulgarian psychiatrist and educator Lozanov was one of the first to recognize that humans have untapped learning power within their subconscious that can be harnessed to help people grow. For picture thinkers his ideas are interesting because he accepted the important role imagination plays in the learning proces. He explained how learning becomes easy in an environment where love, positive emotions, joy and relaxed concentration are possible. The student must be free to choose how to learn, as a spontaneous feeling. The teacher should trust himself and the capacities of the student. He said language ought to be treated as a living organism and not be isolated and cut in pieces. Education should involve beauty and arts. His educational theory and practice were examined by UNESCO in the late 1970s and proved to be effective. This triggered the 'accelerated learning' movement.Lot Blomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097349674247675828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37362170.post-30737277970457992682012-03-12T21:38:00.001+01:002012-05-31T20:32:20.539+02:00visualizing bananas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjziWTHmhqQIbjDVbLc2aZp4tFFQ5gnFIMQmLa_RTwbklhu2pLkozPg2QhJ3ilAOVqJoDIz4RLR0evZgeIOpiwkQ-c7EXvY9zwl1DTiBzhLlCobPc9YsgGI_y8Xy7AzZhfyJRX0rg/s1600/et72e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right; float:right; margin-left:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="179" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjziWTHmhqQIbjDVbLc2aZp4tFFQ5gnFIMQmLa_RTwbklhu2pLkozPg2QhJ3ilAOVqJoDIz4RLR0evZgeIOpiwkQ-c7EXvY9zwl1DTiBzhLlCobPc9YsgGI_y8Xy7AzZhfyJRX0rg/s320/et72e.jpg" /></a></div> i.imgur.com/et72e.jpgLot Blomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097349674247675828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37362170.post-21392465813561640832011-01-03T22:48:00.000+01:002011-01-03T22:48:10.835+01:00Suppose it is normal to be different<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtxawIYEIpNzuKz6k0RATT9gRFEWO2-NbHxKEsCJA_AEgT6eGh62_XtCWa-Z2t8pQ4T_qXJRIuAp4Fx8UFWvR9YEQb8BoMUmMAoEUa6V319V7wFB4OHnY4dUzr6UkgqSeC_2Sq4A/s1600/Suppose+it+is+normal+to+be+different.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="186" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtxawIYEIpNzuKz6k0RATT9gRFEWO2-NbHxKEsCJA_AEgT6eGh62_XtCWa-Z2t8pQ4T_qXJRIuAp4Fx8UFWvR9YEQb8BoMUmMAoEUa6V319V7wFB4OHnY4dUzr6UkgqSeC_2Sq4A/s320/Suppose+it+is+normal+to+be+different.png" /></a></div>Trudy Dehue is a scientist and a philosopher at the University of Groningen. With her talk she wants to raise the question: suppose it is normal to be different. More and more people live with psychiatric diagnoses such as autism, ADHD or PDD-NOS. But what is a disorder? The given criteria are descriptive. Meeting these criteria is not the same as having symptoms of a disorder.'Our neurobiological make-up is much more complex than we thought,' says Dehue. Refreshing and inspiring TEDtalk.Lot Blomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097349674247675828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37362170.post-18127872204253177502010-10-23T22:28:00.001+02:002010-10-24T14:54:47.372+02:00Great results of picture thinking: Dutch Design Week<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0i-SlizeIJLbKHl04J_8ln7md0IpnvqXOsjg4-yStoqQu5il4HEQ99qbW0aW9MfYj8HSix49XGoyzxueIQeWjOVQMvIgG5xPJpYSGX7bXmQHPwn2rYLWsKQzKSgaOr60b1qroBg/s1600/interactive+object+ID10.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0i-SlizeIJLbKHl04J_8ln7md0IpnvqXOsjg4-yStoqQu5il4HEQ99qbW0aW9MfYj8HSix49XGoyzxueIQeWjOVQMvIgG5xPJpYSGX7bXmQHPwn2rYLWsKQzKSgaOr60b1qroBg/s320/interactive+object+ID10.png" width="320" /></a></div>During the Dutch Design Week from 23 until 31 October, the Department of Industrial Design at the Eindhoven University of Technology shows the work of the Master's graduates plus a selection of Bachelor's and Master's projects. With the exhibition ID’10, the Department invites the public to experience through interactive prototypes, what our society could be like in the (near) future. <br />
Learning arithmetics using your body, 'exhibiting 2.0' to enhance communication between generations, or eliciting repetitive curiosity in public spaces: Industrial Design can change your world. For example, Sensible Music from Stefan Zwegers decreases the risk of music-induced hearing loss by letting one feel the beat of the music on a MP3-player, and meanwhile reducing the volume. Tactile Texting from Guust Hilte enables people to input text one handedly during activities like cycling or walking, when they are not able to look at the screen. Cueb from Connie Golsteijn is an interactive digital photo medium which allows parents and teenagers to explore individual and shared experiences, thus triggering an exchange of stories. http://w3.id.tue.nlLot Blomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097349674247675828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37362170.post-44316656340045530442010-06-22T13:53:00.004+02:002010-06-22T14:06:47.841+02:00Biofeedback technique eases musicians' anxiety<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitSfxb5A7vJdX_MHXTc-QjaF_tkEEUn0n98oMIJZU4dkC3Yema0IDa9NBt5jqPm_yWBChUpcUwhiHlJImpvMjLUE7n0PlWH5rxR4GFvRr1WU5gqqhDcTkUQjFABpx-MTGOt8oc3Q/s1600/6a00d8341c630a53ef013483dd245c970c-250wi.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitSfxb5A7vJdX_MHXTc-QjaF_tkEEUn0n98oMIJZU4dkC3Yema0IDa9NBt5jqPm_yWBChUpcUwhiHlJImpvMjLUE7n0PlWH5rxR4GFvRr1WU5gqqhDcTkUQjFABpx-MTGOt8oc3Q/s320/6a00d8341c630a53ef013483dd245c970c-250wi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485567364366804770" /></a><br />AAPB Study shows dramatic improvement in Performance Anxiety Reduction for Musicians, with bonus side benefits.<br /><br />The study showed a 71% decrease in performance anxiety in the feedback group compared with the control group. The feedback group had a 62% improvement in performance. The musicians in the feedback group also said they had an overall increased sense of calmness, slept better, were more relaxed and had less anger! in their everyday lives.<br /><br />Full Article: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/booster_shots/2010/06/musical-performance-anxiety-stage-fright.htmlLot Blomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097349674247675828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37362170.post-48697991470045430852010-04-14T01:50:00.004+02:002010-04-14T02:24:07.955+02:00Temple Grandin 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguekDh55i42SVSfY5tqwB6ChkiuLtsnmL3FfOGzIifBpLxpaDR2UYK03cywpVJir84pccMJli1om5LFMNRJBL4-vHhbPGvkebbN_2B6Gs885m430zYNRh_3DnfmPhsUl6huA7zWA/s1600/Schermafbeelding+2010-04-14+om+01.14.13.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 292px; height: 168px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguekDh55i42SVSfY5tqwB6ChkiuLtsnmL3FfOGzIifBpLxpaDR2UYK03cywpVJir84pccMJli1om5LFMNRJBL4-vHhbPGvkebbN_2B6Gs885m430zYNRh_3DnfmPhsUl6huA7zWA/s320/Schermafbeelding+2010-04-14+om+01.14.13.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459774247365929890" /></a>Great movie about the life of an extraordinary picture thinker with autism: Temple Grandin. This visually inventive film takes the audience inside her mind so they can experience themselves what picturethinking is. The movie shows how she turned her unique talent and innate sensitivity into a tool that made her an expert on animal behavior and caused a revolution in the cattle industry. On YouTube Temple comments that she likes the way her 'pictures' are expressed in the movie. <br />http://www.hbo.com/movies/temple-grandinLot Blomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097349674247675828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37362170.post-76225799487739235472009-11-05T21:31:00.004+01:002009-11-06T00:09:41.629+01:00The Melody of Language<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRMJLmD2N6bpIvtcCr_9C0WRHwYNJ7cX_w2sTQdYT-w7mFYL3tO44j1WWua9GeB439-ivpDBizmVtfHbQKojiZYwj70advv30d2RkaBNP6nti8hehcmPP6tm27ALoMnhC9BFLpOg/s1600-h/Views_of_a_Foetus_in_the_Womb_detail.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRMJLmD2N6bpIvtcCr_9C0WRHwYNJ7cX_w2sTQdYT-w7mFYL3tO44j1WWua9GeB439-ivpDBizmVtfHbQKojiZYwj70advv30d2RkaBNP6nti8hehcmPP6tm27ALoMnhC9BFLpOg/s320/Views_of_a_Foetus_in_the_Womb_detail.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400747320843337138" /></a> Newborns' Cry Melody Is Shaped by Their Native Language<br /><br />Scientist at University of Würzburg found that human fetuses are able to memorize auditory stimuli from the external world by the last trimester of pregnancy, with a particular sensitivity to melody contour in both music and language. Newborns prefer their mother's voice over other voices and perceive the emotional content of messages conveyed via intonation contours in maternal speech (“motherese”).This prenatal exposure to native-language prosody influences newborns' perception leading to a specific cry melody. Later on surrounding speech influences the newborn's sound production. http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(09)01824-7<br /><br />This research confirms what dr.Tomatis already found 50 years ago: we are born with the memory of our mothers voice. He based his wonderful listening therapy on this melody of language. More info: www.listeningfitness.comLot Blomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097349674247675828noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37362170.post-24921102215690868052009-08-25T23:38:00.002+02:002012-09-06T01:50:40.072+02:00Lot Blom writes in Paravisie Magazine about picture thinkingAn excellent article about the gift of dyslexia appeared in the September issue of Paravisie Magazine. In my contribution to this article I write about picture thinking and give my opinion about how we should deal with dyslexia in the Netherlands. This contribution can also be found on my website: www.dyslexie-info.nlLot Blomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097349674247675828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37362170.post-85366695774017214422009-04-02T22:53:00.000+02:002009-05-11T23:50:59.517+02:00Creative thinkers have a difficult time at school<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijTgJNVbPMbHjnf7sM5x14hc-mIDglaMKLM2KdwOla3c-nzPgcrk6_BdEIFki2xFbDg1ONYR_RKXTa40ncseIlcMjy6TXXKajL92gyRqDtZoozoLHCqXRFt5NXlg5eLV8ieSpsrw/s1600-h/Sir+Ken+Robinson.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijTgJNVbPMbHjnf7sM5x14hc-mIDglaMKLM2KdwOla3c-nzPgcrk6_BdEIFki2xFbDg1ONYR_RKXTa40ncseIlcMjy6TXXKajL92gyRqDtZoozoLHCqXRFt5NXlg5eLV8ieSpsrw/s320/Sir+Ken+Robinson.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319516748762102930" /></a>Picture thinking is a talent, but at school it is not estimated for its worth. Creative thinking, finding original solutions, looking at things from another perspective. Those characteristics are much needed in our society, but at school they lead to lower appraisal. Students with restless minds and bodies - far from being cultivated for their energy and curiosity - are ignored or even stigmatized. The talent is wasted. <br /> Sir Ken Robinson, expert on the field of creativity and innovation, argues that it's because we've been educated to become good workers, rather than creative thinkers. "We are educating people out of their creativity," Robinson says. <br /> Sir Ken Robinson held his TEDTalk in June 2006 , but the content is still up to date.<br /><br />Look at: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/66Lot Blomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097349674247675828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37362170.post-24025333323991079832009-01-10T23:08:00.000+01:002009-01-22T08:57:49.501+01:00Compensation for dyslexia treatment<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1CXGH-Ag_HFxsrnE2E4cGPCCjrHx2z825hTASC2i3The1J52Jht8LPsvVrtj9E9hAYbDD8jIOR7xBJqI9HXuk5pz8jvP9nLU_gCdg8qMQvxBmFb5gEgRtzps4Kusmgn8eR4YHSg/s1600-h/th_kunstgebit.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 155px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1CXGH-Ag_HFxsrnE2E4cGPCCjrHx2z825hTASC2i3The1J52Jht8LPsvVrtj9E9hAYbDD8jIOR7xBJqI9HXuk5pz8jvP9nLU_gCdg8qMQvxBmFb5gEgRtzps4Kusmgn8eR4YHSg/s320/th_kunstgebit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293874128037344626" /></a>From Jan 1st dyslexic children in the Netherlands get compensation for dyslexia treatment. Sounds good, but how good is it? The compensation is geared at one kind of treatment only, so parents have no free choice about what they want for their child. Compare it with dental care: if artificial teethings are compensated but dental crowns not... how much choice do you have when you have no money?<br />Healthcare compensation for dyslexia also means that suddenly on TV you can hear people talk about dyslexia being a 'disease'. I shiver when I hear that. Nobody protests, we are not crazy... for illnesses and diseases we get compensated. Financially you rob yourself when you persist that dyslexia is a talent, a creative, visual way of thinking. <br />The schools have to take care of the implementation of the whole plan. Seems not a bad idea, but the logic rattles: now the teachers have to diagnose the disease called dyslexia. Or is this a way to admit that the problem is in fact educational?Lot Blomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097349674247675828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37362170.post-27492263365430474282008-10-06T12:37:00.004+02:002008-10-18T20:42:41.743+02:00picture thinking and science<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJimJhmJFPC7fXeKzmW5oQ1onZUaTKL6sZ_oe4XKotY11wqix2kZROm9nzAZVU4A9C-Y7iH2YaNEWg-PhhyphenhyphenwQ-FKKncdSuup2t-YhZBRg6I8VWWxnWgbiYJsDSspJGtv_7rZN_yw/s1600-h/Lifeinabiofilm.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJimJhmJFPC7fXeKzmW5oQ1onZUaTKL6sZ_oe4XKotY11wqix2kZROm9nzAZVU4A9C-Y7iH2YaNEWg-PhhyphenhyphenwQ-FKKncdSuup2t-YhZBRg6I8VWWxnWgbiYJsDSspJGtv_7rZN_yw/s320/Lifeinabiofilm.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253972128539395954" /></a>Visualisation makes boring labwork appealing for a greater audience. That is the idea behind the 2008 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge. Fascinating images and graphics make the findings of scientists accessible. <br />Some images seem modern versions of the oldfashioned schoolpictures of the Dutch painter Jetses, like this detail of an image of micro organisms in a watery environment, that was rewarded with an Honourable Mention.<br />Another branch of science that got an Honourable Mention: theology, with an impressive graphic of the many cross references between the chapters of the Bible. The colourfull graphic, looking like a rainbow, makes you understand the depth of this kind of literature research. The first price was for a visualisation of the human circulatory system. You can find it on the website of NewScientist.<br /><br />Look at: http://technology.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn14809Lot Blomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097349674247675828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37362170.post-10847490792348763512008-04-21T02:10:00.002+02:002008-04-21T02:19:38.361+02:00picture thinking live<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhypTIEgX2eckxAfCNteO6ep2mKJ432TOZg739dhig4n4hB0fAiJBojE5tKjFF92Pwo27Di3Ik3ZqMakTVk3U4vimwNkHGvOmubIytkVwLlt5gOa_qtEY574zykXPkYFscRgwn7Cw/s1600-h/IMG_2084_1-1.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhypTIEgX2eckxAfCNteO6ep2mKJ432TOZg739dhig4n4hB0fAiJBojE5tKjFF92Pwo27Di3Ik3ZqMakTVk3U4vimwNkHGvOmubIytkVwLlt5gOa_qtEY574zykXPkYFscRgwn7Cw/s320/IMG_2084_1-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191476485087630754" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC18WbWRFWbG2g0PGaj_ocR2QK0ar0-xTeW6yEryUidCiMtJNSCAyVpJiPLtdemFnDFgr7oHBdZ6PdDfPkRp97nF0Tk8pq2SRYL5e6QIkMmfxVm_7iIziv75gQ2MTIxx2RfJZC_Q/s1600-h/IMG_2083_1_2.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC18WbWRFWbG2g0PGaj_ocR2QK0ar0-xTeW6yEryUidCiMtJNSCAyVpJiPLtdemFnDFgr7oHBdZ6PdDfPkRp97nF0Tk8pq2SRYL5e6QIkMmfxVm_7iIziv75gQ2MTIxx2RfJZC_Q/s320/IMG_2083_1_2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191476489382598066" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDIsX3IKHSd5O8omhN2ca0KhkpgaD1KjvIUaYK4z5yE60PFsxVPIxjrVLlFahx31t1wNGq-clOmF_89UvdEkrb3TMdZXryXz4gKdg7_70f6gULl9bV6H5PPayCbFzLOyGz76yJKQ/s1600-h/IMG_2140_2-1_2.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDIsX3IKHSd5O8omhN2ca0KhkpgaD1KjvIUaYK4z5yE60PFsxVPIxjrVLlFahx31t1wNGq-clOmF_89UvdEkrb3TMdZXryXz4gKdg7_70f6gULl9bV6H5PPayCbFzLOyGz76yJKQ/s320/IMG_2140_2-1_2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191476493677565378" /></a>In the garden of the castle Haarzuilens at Utrecht, people could be what they want to be, for one day: elf, princes, dragon... Even a king, with your own castle.. No need for competition: Everybody is beautiful, everybody is different. Seemingly opposites go arm in arm. Different is fun. The sun is shining. This is the reality of imagination. This is picturethinking live...Lot Blomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097349674247675828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37362170.post-73244540708246510512008-02-28T22:53:00.001+01:002008-04-06T02:13:46.467+02:00Picture thinking at sea<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglMRKpm4jXWojTImsdBn4GQl7b9UCu2l47wx9Cx5aq7OD91nOaqjjuVvLw9DOySmB44UMZX_JIDXfSMfZoQPL2oVdsbb1JTNS8t-Mn-LGZqx1UKsvfcoEuVRluNFMZsS40a9ngCA/s1600-h/DSC_0224.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglMRKpm4jXWojTImsdBn4GQl7b9UCu2l47wx9Cx5aq7OD91nOaqjjuVvLw9DOySmB44UMZX_JIDXfSMfZoQPL2oVdsbb1JTNS8t-Mn-LGZqx1UKsvfcoEuVRluNFMZsS40a9ngCA/s320/DSC_0224.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185907617957528626" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQUVa8At5UjS-pwYQsp9NyxTlCrxqkFhEXOizuvWRJZ01XLCO16Dx4qBENOcMdFpqL3Cbj8JHYaYAWK9kj_304fG_2qDsDP2CL5-10X5lpa8gtLhoV6r8qg6Z2EvhSqj_pv_sc/s1600-h/DSC_0262_2.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQUVa8At5UjS-pwYQsp9NyxTlCrxqkFhEXOizuvWRJZ01XLCO16Dx4qBENOcMdFpqL3Cbj8JHYaYAWK9kj_304fG_2qDsDP2CL5-10X5lpa8gtLhoV6r8qg6Z2EvhSqj_pv_sc/s320/DSC_0262_2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173354739733487010" /></a>Today I saw the Thinker of Rodin at the museum and now I have to think myself. On the background the sun dissapears in the ocean. I am at the Cliffhouse, San Francisco. Just around the corner the Bay begins. This place is one of the nicest corners in the world.<br />Yesterday I went to Alcatraz. That place makes you think too... Beautiful island, great flora and fauna and on it this ridiculous prison. There they had nothing to do except thinking. On the audiotour a prisoner tells how he occupied himself with visualisation. He could see anything he wanted in his mind. <br />This Thinker of Rodin, inprisoned in his unleverable body, is that what he is doing? And why does he lean with his right elbow on his left knee? To allow lateral thinking?Lot Blomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097349674247675828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37362170.post-90527073976729113832007-11-30T02:38:00.000+01:002007-12-10T02:58:32.085+01:00Images that were not yet there, but nevertheless were madeYoung children expose their art in the Stedelijk Museum CS Amsterdam.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDfmL8ApMlfRtEKeGZOhJFOTekL8FV8B2J23hZyKeJXmZKyZNJX4_zYUGHKl6GgcG12_6UFxWXRijas3Ukq_-I-daPLAeh7BCelHdDstYCa3hMjqI4SMaF0U_stBbKsJm-48UOKg/s1600-h/opening_400.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDfmL8ApMlfRtEKeGZOhJFOTekL8FV8B2J23hZyKeJXmZKyZNJX4_zYUGHKl6GgcG12_6UFxWXRijas3Ukq_-I-daPLAeh7BCelHdDstYCa3hMjqI4SMaF0U_stBbKsJm-48UOKg/s320/opening_400.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137660069404081010" /></a> <br />'Looking for coincidence' Symposium on December 12th 2007<br />How do we deal with the creative potential of children? How do we lead them towards their own learning processes? Which role can artists, teachers and musea play? These and other questions are raised in this experiment in the museum and at the Symposium on December 12th.<br />Six weeks long young children (4 - 7 years old) worked together with 15 artists on concepts like: collecting, order, time, experiment, coincidence and the beauty of colours. Main inspiration for the procedure was the Reggio Emilia approach.<br />The words written on the wall were expressed by a little girl and mean: 'Images that were not yet there, but nevertheless were made.'<br /><br />http://www.toevalgezocht.nlLot Blomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097349674247675828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37362170.post-57976525123225458152007-11-02T00:41:00.000+01:002007-12-11T02:40:38.612+01:00In wich Punch tries to read and Ron Davis gets wooden shoes from a pirate<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVHrxgH37SxOY4bV3NGNNhtaQPaC0a-xRFACwTCsUcv45VvfGUeJ6fN3RQHP_8JkiEg4EGonCEoILYX0wvKKB9i2b6MsJtcgtoceae9owTm-QJSlIR7LuYMiwq2MqdFN2SYYA3Mg/s1600-h/Afbeelding+8.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVHrxgH37SxOY4bV3NGNNhtaQPaC0a-xRFACwTCsUcv45VvfGUeJ6fN3RQHP_8JkiEg4EGonCEoILYX0wvKKB9i2b6MsJtcgtoceae9owTm-QJSlIR7LuYMiwq2MqdFN2SYYA3Mg/s320/Afbeelding+8.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128014275829813330" /></a> At the DDAI Symposium held on Octobre 15, 16 and 17th 2007 in Las Vegas, Jan Klaassen, the Dutch Punch, joined the Dutch delegation. He was supposed to be an example of the great succes the Davis counseling has in the Netherlands. Unfortunately he did not bring his glasses and the Dutch girls from Volendam had trouble reading as well. Luckily a parrot could read the name on the parcel.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizVUI4Vy8tL2QFY-A2Q1JHm-R7mxBinQcIGDj316GjDh9PoPF724NjFHM0MbTX2em9vuGEdiTvOmQ9IkCfnFzSGJ2_QW4LO681t9SIWzygkLTeR_E5Kpb3O32LBjQj4hYS_yo72g/s1600-h/Afbeelding+12.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizVUI4Vy8tL2QFY-A2Q1JHm-R7mxBinQcIGDj316GjDh9PoPF724NjFHM0MbTX2em9vuGEdiTvOmQ9IkCfnFzSGJ2_QW4LO681t9SIWzygkLTeR_E5Kpb3O32LBjQj4hYS_yo72g/s320/Afbeelding+12.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128014288714715234" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKZEYUhVeZr0EySGx4avmeoFQmYFATUc1UmHTW8Ky2nzMkokcN01GGGXZowBZAzhYAvg3bdsqShae4BzX0mKizLEZJ5ThuOu-R0aK4xEKZPrIIPz6aOA46qUNdvmtdcopjZCD02w/s1600-h/Afbeelding+16.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKZEYUhVeZr0EySGx4avmeoFQmYFATUc1UmHTW8Ky2nzMkokcN01GGGXZowBZAzhYAvg3bdsqShae4BzX0mKizLEZJ5ThuOu-R0aK4xEKZPrIIPz6aOA46qUNdvmtdcopjZCD02w/s320/Afbeelding+16.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128014293009682546" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU_zwUQ637sDecNpmKNsy3r1i8CUI15NpajySfbAj40oA89V_KZB6WUmrahh2ajBGrGY_UEa5MANwxGDMJ0xCOQszpOIdv4P68oxG_dSr0H2UulCJex8P6h06KEyCKi7mS0Noujw/s1600-h/Afbeelding+2.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU_zwUQ637sDecNpmKNsy3r1i8CUI15NpajySfbAj40oA89V_KZB6WUmrahh2ajBGrGY_UEa5MANwxGDMJ0xCOQszpOIdv4P68oxG_dSr0H2UulCJex8P6h06KEyCKi7mS0Noujw/s320/Afbeelding+2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128764537896947842" /></a>Ron could confirm that his name was on the parcel and was very happy with the antiquarian edition of 'Treasure Island' he got. Punch wanted to go and try his luck in the Las Vegas casino's, but Judy did not let him. The Dutch girls sang a song about a dyslexic Dutch boy, called Berend Botje, who accidently discovered America when he confused left and right and got lost. A real cultural exchange, this performance.<br />Next there was a pirate, who gave Ron a pair of wooden shoes, because he had to leave his shoes behind in New Zealand. <br />In Christchurch NZ a piece of art was made of Rons shoes. They are bronzed and you can go and stand in them. Standing in the shoes of a dyslexic person really makes you THINK DIFFERENT!<br />Information about the exhibition in Christchurch NZ: www.cmct.org.nz/dde/location.htmlLot Blomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097349674247675828noreply@blogger.com0