sketchbook drawing – Two way tree

The titanic effort that we sometimes suspect is required for what we want–whether to calm our restless inner chatter, to attain peace, happiness, or motivation–is what prevents us from attaining it. Over the last couple of days, I have not been able to shake this image of a mother putting her infant to bed. An…

12 Ways of Looking at It

Mar 8, 2018

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Zack Ramey

in ambient music, drawing, guitar, improvised music, loop music, Nature, sketchbook drawing

I’m excited to have this design made available by demand for printing on clothing by a company called Design By Humans. I’m calling the soundscape “Opticentric” in keeping with the theme. It and the drawing were finished at about the same time. Shout out to Alphonso Dunn, whose eye ink studies have been a great…

Show, Don’t Tell: Using Biomimicry to Instill a Growth Mindset

Feb 21, 2018

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Zack Ramey

in drawing, Education, learning, Nature, sketchbook drawing

“Show the readers everything, tell them nothing.” – Ernest Hemingway “In my view, nothing’s ever given away. I believe to advance that you must pay.” – Young Fathers Translating literally to “expedient” and roughly to “skill in means,” the Buddhist concept of upaya offers a space to think through the dilemmas of engagement in education. …