Mind Map of My Music: 1st Draft
I've recently been exploring the use of mind maps for my students as an alternative form of note-taking and idea organization. Constructing a mind map is also an engaging activity to participate in yourself! Below, you can view a rough draft of my musical mind map. I constructed this map from memory. It simply a list of musical artists I've listened to. For the next draft, I will be adding in visual images and organizing the artists by feeling and genre. For now, the handwriting is sloppy and the artists are generally randomly laid out. I chose to box in "core" artists that I consider foundational in my life. Of course, everyone's list would look different. Once the final draft is ready, I'll be sure to share it here.
I like it! It seems more of a "stream of consciousness" than a concept map in the strict use of the word. I have been playing around with the labyrinth concept and the intersecting ways in which multiple labyrinths intersect, each with its own theme. For example, my path of Dylan tunes / concerts / poems etc. form a path to a center of the labyrinth that I hope not to discover any time soon. But on occasion, an element on my labyrinth [for example attending a concert in which Elvis Costello was a performer] intersects with my listening of Elvis Costello's music in some type of sequential manner and also viewing his cable show when it was available. Great food for thought!
ReplyDeleteI like the labyrinth concept, and particularity the idea that the of path to the center of the labyrinth is ongoing. From there, such an enriching journey ensues!
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