Class 6

We learned about Gelb's 7 principles to day from his book "How to Think like Leanardo Davinci"

Curiosita’ – curiosity

Dimostrazione – testing knowledge through experience

Sensazione – refining the senses

Sfumato – embracing ambiguity

Arte/Scienza – balancing art between art and science

Corporalita’ – developing fitness

Connessione – everything is connected

We then had to do a quick presentation in class, my group had sensazione:

sensazione -- refining the senses

"The ability to visualize a desired outcome is built into your brain, and your brain is designed to help you succeed in matching that picture with your performance. And the more thoroughly you involve all your senses, the more compelling your visualization becomes."

It about paying attention to what you pay attention to, especially what consistently catches your eye.

Application of sensazione:

My personal application of this principle was in art. In order to draw better and really accurately describe what it is you are drawing in front of you, you have to stop thinking, and begin to see- don't label the object draw the shape and line. It is not a person you are drawing but a curvy shape here and a curvy shape there.

If I could ask the author one question:

Why do you think creativity is taught as a subject in schools?