Reflections on the Life Map
Source : Lion Kimbro's Blog
This is a snip from an email response I sent to someone asking me about my book. Lately, I’ve been experimenting with what I call a “Life Map.” This is actually for a different purpose- the point isn’t to map out all your thoughts. Rather, the point is to see the fabric of your life. I do all of THIS activity, in Inkscape. Free software, free download, wonderful program. (Be sure to play with the tutorial, under the Help menu, if you use it. Here’s an example of a Life Map, that I made: http://lion.taoriver.net/wp-content/Lion1200.png (explanation: http://lion.taoriver.net/?p=39) That’s me! That’s my life! I am now experimenting with using finer-detail lifemaps for Journaling. Journaling my months. So, right now, I am working on 200609_life.svg, which is the map for this month of my life. I also have made a year map, 2006_life.svg. One interesting thing about doing this, is that you can go back and revise your previous concepts of your life. Often times, there’s a small thing that happened to you, and it wasn’t a big deal. But you start mulling it over in your head, and it accumulates a mass. You think about it some more, and you realize, “Oh, this was a big event in my life [..]
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le 18.09.06 à 03:27
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