Lost your mind?

Or lost in your mind?


I couldn't meet the first person today, so I update with what I have now.


Happens often to me, so many things going on in my mind but life doesn't wait.
We all have great ideas, and only way to pull that out is THINK. There is no GPS for getting ideas location in our mind. But how about creating our own map to reach them?

I got to know about Mind Map a couple years ago, and recently I startted applying for my daily use. I need more practice to create better maps, but this is my favorite process of thinking. According to The Mind Map Book by Tony Buzan, mind map is a diagram that to visually outline what's in your mind.

For me, what's down side of this is the time I spend to create one mind map. Once I start, I have so much fun and become like 3 years old kid...yes I love scribble.


Picture above is the mind map of Rise Again!, the concert for Japan earthquake relief that happened in April 2011.

Used; Sketch book, Sharpie.

Sharpie is perhaps the most well known permanent marker in US; has many types and color variation. I like the coloring, but the regular sketchbook paper wasn't good combination with Sharpie. After drawing this map, the ink penetrated to the other side and even for the next page. For these type of marker, obviously need a thicker paper.


Tomorrow, I'll interview Chika Jenkins, and Wednesday will be Alexandra Uzik!
Cant wait :)

Why paper and pen?

Notebooks have very unique freedom. Plain, ruled, squared...large, small... these create outflow that helps us pull out things from our mind. Sometimes it behaves almost like HDD for our mind.
It is beautiful how those reflect the users' personality, conscious and subconscious levels. Digital devices like smartphones getting easier and users can operate them intuitively; nowadays many pen and paper actions are able to do on digital devices. It looks like the distance between analogue and digital is getting closer and closer.


Living in New York, almost everyday I see Moleskine users. Some use only particular stationary, others keep searching perfect mach. Seeing some books teaching note taking skills, this action is primitive yet fundamental connection with a part of our mind that makes wonder.