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Working with ImageryDirect visualisation, or Rich Pictures - offer a really good way to bypass the censor, and to get at what actually matters, quickly. |
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Metaphor*What is this like? An Easter Egg? The cacaus race from Alice in Wonderland? War? Being trapped in a dungeon and punished? Pick one that "feels right" - this is like, and use to explore the issue. For example - if this is like Cinderella then pick up and explore the detail - if Cinderella, who are the ugly sisters? Prince Charming? The mice? How does it end? What might change? |
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Sculpture, CollageThink physically? Model the problem. Then discuss what you've made! Good for groups, e.g. go out for an excursion, bring back things to make a sculpture that represents the problem or something about it, then look at what you've made and see if it tells you something about the problem. |
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Drama, Role Play, Role StormExplore other people's perspectives - see idea generation. Role play can be used at any stage of the CPS cycle, for example to see how other people might view the situation (reframe the problem) or how they might react to your proposed solution (planning and doing, or sorting and grouping) |
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Finger-paintingCan connect directly to your emotions - again, bypassing the censor. |
Key to these techniques is the precept "it's there - nurture it". The answers will emerge, if you let them.
| * A note on metaphors. There are some very interesting ideas by G Lakoff and others (including John Martyn) on metaphors - see his book. These suggest that rather than being merely rhetorical ornaments, metaphors are in fact a fundamental part of our normal thought processes. In brief, we think largely by mapping one thing to another - metaphors. The arguments are very persuasive, and suggest we should perhaps look at metaphors rather differently. |
See also "Other Modes"
Page last updated
01/14/08
