How can we use visual thinking to get into a healthy mindset and be creative when we want to solve a problem? To make the concept of visual thinking tangible and explore how we can develop it I dove into the book ‘Experiences in visual thinking’ by Robert H. McKim (Stanford University, 2nd edition published in 1980). A pleasant and intelligently written book, with many practical exercises. Here I sketch the points that struck me in a visual summary of the book. Elaborated with recent insights and my own notions.
Here you can read an article on how to implement McKim’s insights.
The key point is that visual thinking consists of three elements: Seeing, Imagining and Drawing — which reinforce each other and each have their own line of training and development. The basis for effective visual thinking boils down to a focused state of attention.