How drawing helps you think | Ralph Ammer | TEDxTUM
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- You don't have to be an artist to draw! In this beautifully illustrated talk, Ralph Ammer shows how drawing your thoughts can be a powerful tool for improving your thinking, creativity and communication. He wants you to believe in your drawing abilities, and provides numerous exercises to help you get started.
Ralph Ammer is a professor at the Munich University of Applied Sciences and teaches biophilic design, which aims to create life-friendly objects, images, and services based on nature. Ralph believes in the diversity of 21st century craftsmen, regardless of whether they produce well-written programming code, carefully crafted prints, or the occasional ceramic vessel. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
"If I cannot draw it, it probably means that I don't understand it yet." PERFECT
On my .sig, once upon a time: APL: if you can say it, it's done.
This was so spot on
That statement explains so much!
I draw everything but only half of it. So that means I understand everything partiality? 🤔
I think that drawing is a expression of your compression or connection with something.
”This didn’t come out like a poem, we shouldn’t speak”. Brilliant!
Could I ask why people laughed after the speaker said this sentence?
@@user-pc8sj4ml9s because is true what he said
@@user-pc8sj4ml9s Look back at the video, the word dog sort of lifted his leg to pee on the tree, lol.
Love that! “We don’t find beauty. We make the world beautiful by paying attention.”
I love how he said "Like and architect does. When she..." instead of using "he". just for one time. I love it
He's truly blessed
I love it esch time i resd an article about babies and all are about baby boy "he". Not that i have an ossue with that but as my baby is "she" so whenever i read she anywhere i enjy that secretly. I too noticed when he said architect and SHE.
Well ya it’s awesome that’s he chose to do something different and said something that really represented the times we live in, but “he” is used more often because of habit and also it’s just the dominant in language. For example in French there are the pronouns “ils” (masculine) and “elles” (feminine) they both mean “they” but “ils” is assumed in a mixed group of male and female because that’s just the nature of that language.
@@akaurb english is forign for me but I try my best. Could you explain me this she/he situation? I haven't seen this yet
@@user-wl5gq6gz7p In every conversation He is used as gender as norm which sometimes feel like asking why not She is used. He used that in this video when he said a person becomes an architect but he used she instead of he which was pleaseing for many of us being a parent of a girl thats a change i would welcome. But u should watch the video first...
as a therapist, social psychologist and artist, I found this to be extraordinary! Thank you! I want more!
Art has tremendous value to psychology and vice versa.
I have this weird thing where when I draw and listen to a podcast, later when some time has passed, days and weeks, I remember vividly the content and stories of the podcast just by looking at the drawing.
All I need to do is look at the drawing and everything comes flooding back (I do not try consciously to remember the podcast, it is just an automatic recall).
It makes me wonder if there is a complex cognitive mind mapping happening that as drawers we are not even aware of. And I also wonder how this can be harnessed to improve memory.
I thought I was the only one who does that. When I'm listening to a CZcams video or a movie I can remember certain parts of the movie with a part of the drawing I was working on at the time. It's actually quite fascinating.
Every one of my paintings, when I look at them, i remember the audiobook I was listening to when I painted them, even down to chapters/sections of paintings. :)
The short answer is yes. I can recommend picking up a good used copy of a college level textbook in cognition and looking
at first the chapter on memory, and go slowly to savor this, because it's complex but very rewarding, and then creativity and problem solving.
I’ve been doing that for years. When I was in college I would be taking notes and part of the time I would simply doodle on the page while listening to a lecture. I found my ability to recall information was way better than my class mates. In one year of college I had a minimum of one test every week for the entire year, I missed 3 questions that year lol. I truly believe that everyone should keep a journal/sketch book and pencil with them at all times.
Glade Runner ÀaaaaaAa
2000 years to teach everybody to write, and we go back to hieroglyphics because that is how the mind really works.
I often feel that people who lived centuries before us knew better in many areas. I cannot help but think of the elaborate illustrations inside medieval books as another example, or the origin of Chinese and Japanese characters-- also pictograms.
"We tend to draw what we already know, and not what we see"
"Because we don't find beauty, we make the world more beautiful by paying attention"
These quotes above are very meaningful and it describes things perfectly. This ted talk also describes the way in which I visually think, or without words. It was always hard to explain to people you can think in terms of other things besides written or spoken language. This does an amazing job of capturing the way art changes a person's way of thinking!
"We don't find beauty, we make beauty by paying attention to what we see." ...Lovely
"I stored thoses memories in my mind, and not on my camera" ++++
Yeah, what a Strong Statement!
Wow, not even done watching yet and this is a great talk. As an artist, I approve of his message.
Yes, can I give 100 likes?
Agreed, also an Artist.
Same here. Due to some health issues i have not been in my studio or done anything creative in several years and Its definaltly effected my head. Im at the point where Im doing well enough and trying to get going again. Cant wait to get all these designs out of my mind. Its getting cluttered in there. My life goal is to get back to where i was years ago. Up early watching the sunrise with my schetch pad. I can see how for the general population it can be a path to be more grounded. But for us artistics its a must or we just go crazy if we dont do something. No matter what your artistic medium is, I believe drawing is essential.
@@effiemaccheyne9101 the mind is your canvas too
As a non artist I do too
I always told people that my diary was my drawings and they never understood that that's how I let emotions and thoughts out and now I'm learning I'm not actually crazy !
I bet drawing in a diary is doing wonders for your mental health, since it stimulates creativity!
4:53 “I store those memories in my mind, and not on my camera.”
I'm an artist but life's been distracting. Going to begin drawing every day
Thank you.
Inspiring & Thought provoking
Absolutely genius. Among the 100s of TED videos with exaggerated titles, you'll find a gem like this. More than convinced drawing will make an impact.
What a remarkable talk. I wish I could give it multiple Likes. So refreshing to hear drawing talked about as a skill like writing or speaking rather than sidelined or elevated as an artistic activity for only trained, eccentric, dramatic people. Wonderful speaker too. Thank you.
If doodling is a kind of drawing, this helps explain why I can focus better during meetings.
It is a kind of drawing, and many people report its benefits for concentration.
I want his moving drawings as my screensaver.
As a second grade elementary teacher, I used to have my students take picture notes when I would read a story. And they could recall the story very easily.
I'm a second grade teacher, too, and I used the first 3.5 minutes of this talk as a preface to doing the "circle art." We later used crayons to color in some of the circles and a watercolor wash over the whole thing. Very relaxing and inspiring for the students.
I will try your picture notes idea for sure!
After reading "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" 40 years ago I began to draw and it became the best way to express and confirm my most cherished values and goals. I don't draw any longer but find peace and comfort from these pictures displayed throughout my house.
Start drawing again, Ted! I used to draw manically as a child and teenager. Sadly, that joy was put on the back burner for 30 years due to a busy life with univ.studies, work, family etc. Now that I have more time to myself, I've started drawing and painting again. Initially, I was a bit rusty, but I have improved, and now I enjoy it so much, it is so fulfilling. Wish you all the best!
@@azalea1404 Thank you Anna Maria for your kind and enthusiastic words! So glad to hear you are back at it with passion. I am 71 and have some tremors in my hands now, so my drawing days are past....but.....I recently entered a pair of my sketches in a local competition/exhibition and took 1st and 2nd prize! I was thrilled. And I will have another chance to display my stuff in Dec. Thanks again for reaching out....
I live at the foot of the Rocky Mts in Colorado. I say, "Did you see the sunset (or sunrise)?", and oft is the reply, "I was too busy to notice". Or snow, or clouds, or deer, or other things in Nature, and people simple don't have time to notice. So sad to not see the world about us. It can change your day to notice the beauty on our Earth.
Wonder if communities would discard differences during community art sessions...
“creativity is like breathing. u take in ideas & knowledge, & u combine it to new ideas that u made.”❤️🔥
Do you have difficulty with the three letter word YOU?
@@judeirwin2222 it ain’t that serious
@@judeirwin2222 not at all. u is like a baby you. how can u be mad at such a lil guy
I often ask artists why they don't and can't draw. They say they don't need to know how to draw to be an artist, they do abstract.
I was drawing all my childhood, I still use drawing as the most important part of my art, it's the foundation that I build from.
My ex husband was a amazing artist, he was a cartoonist and we ran an advertising agency that did annimation also. Mariusz could draw anything instantly with no problems. He did political cartoons for newspapers, his has a lot of his work hanging in our parliament house.
He has passed away but I do see a lot of amazing artists who do draw and have insane drawings skills. So that's good, it hasn't died of completely.
Im still leaning, I'll be learning till I die.
Artists see everyone and everything every second of the day, it's just what we do, it's a mindset that keeps our mind healthy also. Our body needs exercise and so does our minds and imagination.
Very well said🙂
I love how he says visual, “Wizueal mind set”
I'm an artist and have purchased an art journal. I've been stumped about what to draw in it. This makes it so much clearer. Each page does not have to be a work of art. I will use the 5 points to get me started.
He has a very soothing voice
I’m addicted to drawing… I’m a senior and still draw picture notes, they help replace words for me. I remember my foreign language fonts (Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi) when I draw it clear and large. I appreciate the encouragement to draw more
As a mom, I automatically thought, “aww, don’t cross out that cute lion”! Great talk, thank you!!
I used to draw every day until 9/11/01. Time to get back on it!
This is why I draw. Helps me to focus. Focus is hard for me to do. For the last two years I came in fourth in my company in sales. I work in a very rural community and I win over urban sales people. This started when I started drawing at work. Thanks for this video.
Maybe doodling in the morning would improve performance in your career
@@y-lonnaieylottalovelydayz8473 I like this idea and will steal it.
Great video! If you can write, you can draw because you are actually drawing symbols that represent images. And I agree that drawing is bigger than art. I believe it's of the most powerful forms of communication. For example, an image of a thing can be understood across all languages in contrast to having to know the language of a written word. Creativity is a gift all humans share in various forms. And I would guess at least 90% of things created and built in civilization is a drawing on paper somewhere. Including the chair you sit in and the monitor you're staring at. I hope that one day visual art is recognized for the powerful thing it is.
This is wonderful, one of the best little ruminations I've heard in years. This man is one of the very fortunate with a kind of synaesthesia, or something related, in which the boundary between the verbal and spatial is fluid and thought in that space is generative. This is a keeper for your private collection of meditations for freshening the mind.
where did you learn english im a fan lol damn
Just use it a lot and read a lot of other people's English.
brilliantly put, I agree.
This is the best TED talk I have ever watched.
The difference between language, music and a drawing or a painting is the aspect of time. Words and musical notes come one after the other an image is in 1 image.
Brillian! Ralph Ammer spoke to my soul.
One of the most stimulating Ted talks I have ever found. Makes me want to get a sketch pad and a Rotring pen and start right away.
I had an experience many years ago when I was visiting my daughter's home where her then husband virtually ignored me (while playing on his laptop) while she had to go out to the shops. So I grabbed some paper and a pencil and sat out in her back yard and drew; and through that drawing I felt a connection to the wild bush-land that encroached onto this property. There were huge boulders, trees and ferns and I had such an unexpected experience of feeling connected to this ancient land in a way I could never have possibly imagined......so much so that I didn't want to stop drawing. Drawing can help one connect intuitively with the external world to create a kind of dreaming as in the Aboriginal culture of Australia......and other cultures.
We have reduced the world to labels. We do not look. We recognize things. - that was amazing
This was amazing. Thank you, Ralph! As an artist who lost herself and lost the meaning behind her art and trying to find her way back this spoke to me. Thank you. Also, your way of visualizing an idea or a word is just wonderful! Very cool stuff
I think we become focused when we draw. In a way which allows to see the details but still not put any pressure on ourselves . And because we do not put any pressure , we are able to also see everything that is around us,the objects,the people, our thoughts and ideas from that moment , and even emotions . We see them clear enough that we are able to vividly remember them for a long time . Especially recall them when we encounter something similar.
I would love to hear him speak in person, at great length, a set of lessons, because this is just a tip of the iceberg, I feel. And yet, if this is all I ever hear from him it will last me a lifetime. 🙏💜 Peace!
Wow... I love to draw.. But somehow I don't know why but I stop myself doing it..
But I am learning to let flow the thoughts that comes to my mind.. Wish me luck. ♥
Probably one of the most inspirational speeches I have heard. "Creativity is really about quantity" ... yes, I have realized that.
I know I'm late, but this was incredible, and my favorite Ted. 5:24 Look at the crowd, they are completely engaged. Thank you for this 🙏🏾
Fantastic! People tend to think of me as an artist for my drawing but really i draw for ideas or stories; i really don't consider myself a full fledged artist, it just isn't my main interest/profession.
I relate very well with this talk.
I had to write an 200 word essay over this and I thought id be bored stiff, but this was actually very interesting. It makes me want to start drawing haha
I really enjoyed this presentation and I love that it verified some of my teaching methods. As a middle school social studies teacher, I would encourage students to draw/illustrate the answers to questions in their assignments, or listing of vocabulary words they were learning. It was valuable for many reasons. They couldn't draw their answer if they didn't understand it. Sometimes I would discover errors in their understanding in the way they drew their answers.
Yes, putting feelings on paper is good for connecting the heart, mind and soul😍💞🙏🏼💞
I like drawing and doodling with my mind. Whatever it’s an art or not,it’s my love.
best ted I've ever seen. bravo
One of the best talks I've ever seen. It gave me a completely new perspective on the drawing and left me with even more questions that I had before the talk.
Powerful presentation - Still processing his words
Very well presented topic.
One Chinese young actor is famous for his perception of the world being extremely deep and seeing beauty everywhere that others do not. He surprises people with this. It turned out that ever since he was young he had been studying drawing. He even finished his studies in this field. Drawing is his form of understanding the world and depicting his emotions. Drawing makes his current work, as an actor, more complete, as he is more deeply able to portray the character he plays and his place in the world.
Amazing....I was critisized for my excessive "doodling" ..but I have learned SO MUCH from keeping and sharing art journals...fantastic presentation on art and mindfulness and so much more.....
I think anyone who has ever nocked doodling has egg on their faces round about now.
@@Musicienne-DAB1995 I remember a teacher on an anti-messiness campaign announcing to the class that anyone doodling on or in their notebooks would receive the strap. (Yup. It was still legal then.) One of my classmates, consistently one of the top three students in the class in all aspects, decorated her name on the cover of her handwriting book. No reprieve. A rule is a rule.
@@lynda.grace.14 Wow, a preview of The New World Order? Where in the world did this take place? You shall doodle nothing and be happy! It sounds like a nightmare. I always doodled and would not have survived without it.
@@kikki2012 I'd rather not say as I believe it to be an isolated incident peculiar to one person and not a generalization that could apply to others. However, back in the day teachers had the right to dictate to their students more or less as they pleased, and some control freaks are out of control. This was one of them.
Criticised or criticized.
This is so good! I am an artist, but never thought so because I didnt think I was good at "DRAWING". While in school, we had penmanship where we did exercises like he describes.
So many attentions to detail, as a creative and a teacher it is so important to just train your fingers to move whether by pencil, paint but also being ready to just try even if it does not always come out the way I may think but often better. Allow the mind to just look, observe and watch what unfolds.
Love it... I draw for fun. After a while your brain takes over and that pencil glides like a figure skater on the rink of imagination. Doesn’t need to impress anyone else, just communicate with them to facilitate a shared experience...
I Like your expression!
I just took up painting and I try so hard to make something decent. I must try this because I have a lot going on in my life right now (all good, thankfully) and my head is spinning.
Wow!! This knowledge is going to be my professional asset. I wonder if I can see all of your emotions drawing with description. Thank you for sharing.
Drawing one and two were two of the best classes I ever took. It opened up my mind in ways I can not put into words. It should be required classes - both high school and college actually. If you get a chance, take a drawing class, I promise you'll thank me later.
Agreed, I loved Art in high school, but I foolishly thought there was a dichotomy between being creative and being "intellectual".
Simply marvellous! It just so wonderful to know how an artist knows so much about how our minds work! That is amazing neuroscience to me!
This was deeply inspiring for me. I appreciate the part with observation and labels. That we are basicly blind, because our brain is used to it.
Probably the best TED I have ever watched. Thank you.
Toller talk, und ich liebe diese Illustrationen! Gratulation!
Thank you. As someone who does draw you have articulated so many things that I know but haven't been able to explain adequately to other people. But you have also given me reasons to expand my range of subjects, and such a good reason why. This is a brilliant talk and I hope it inspires people who don't draw yet to pick up a pencil. One tip from me; draw lots, and don't be critical of your work. The more you draw the better it gets, but there is always something good in everything you draw, and look for those beautiful lines. Bonus tip; after 40 years of drawing I recently changed to an overhand grip, and started drawing with my full arm, from the shoulder down. Also have my drawing pad at almost vertical. It's hard, and I have a long way to go, but there is so much more energy in my lines. In one way these new drawings look terrible compared to the other stuff I was doing, but in another, mistakes and all, I like these new ones so much better because they make me feel I'm finally starting to understand why all of those drawings I admired by great artists are so dynamic.
Thank you so much for sharing your experiences and insights. It was a delight to watch your visual talk. 👏
Very good talk-I’m filling a blank page with circles as we speak.
Excellent presentation! I often struggle to explain people why I love drawing! he has help me to put words to my reasons.
that was splendid. I used to draw every morning for an hour before getting my day started and I was mentally much sharper than now, especially I had a lot of eureka moments, my intuition was leading the way. I'm getting back to it tomorrow morning :D
Fantastic, I will steal that idea.
Thank you! I bless you with love and light!
Super important message and therapy for over-thinkers or angry people
Food for thought, that became an inspiration for painting I'm creating. THANK YOU
How beautifully and logically expressed. Thanks. I got a direction for my abstract art.
“…. we make the world beautiful by paying attention.”
this talk needs million more likes!!!! thanks a lot!!
i was putting myself into a block of artists of learning deep rules and details .. but forgetting my doodling way..which was he most effective way!!!
now yeah i learnt the rules.. now let me focus on drawing and not art!!
thanks a lot again
If you focus on the drawing - the art will take care of itself.
Really inspiring. Ralph expresses clearly old concepts, blurry in the back of my mind, giving them life, and known yet strong ideas which are easely forgotten and, more often than not, necessary to be reminded. Thank you so much for this incredible talk.
I'm not half way through and I am absolutely blown away. My art practice is based heavily on drawing. I feel like there is a narrative to what I am doing, although I didn't even understand quite why. He is expanding that thought among other things... So glad I found this - THANK YOU!!
This followed another talk I was referred to. I like to draw, so I watched it, charmed. I think this is really what I was here for. I need to get out the little sketchbooks I have filled, and then stalled, and start doing it again so I can see what my drawings will lead me to now. Thank you so much, Ralph Ammer, for sharing yourself with me.
This is by far one of the best, most impactful TED talks I have ever watched, thank you so much!!! 💖
The best ted talk I have seen so far. What a nice idea and presented so creatively.
Affirmation for my terrible drawings. The older I more I cherish this kind of encouragement.
Fascinating, thank you. I can’t wait to try it out.
I of course love this because I am all about sharing with people how to draw with all the fun and none of the stress :)
An artist neighbor (now deceased) used to advise her students to draw their children from the day they were born. It was too late for me but struck me as a wonderful way of connection.
Super! So,... - lets draw and make the world more beautiful by paying attention.... Happy Creativity!
Excellent - have felt since elementary school that the lack of use of visuals in the classroom diminishes learning. Too much is purely textual.
Love the message, the clarity, the animations and the delivery! Thank you. Very motivating and relevant to innovation and the creative process.
I use paint and brushes to draw, it helps me with clerical work, it helps me think!
I seriously need the transcript of this talk! This would be so useful for me to condense and insert into slides for my students to help them grasp the key points!
if you use computer, click on the three horizontal dots below the video, there will have written "open transcript"
You can read, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, by Betty Edwards. She addresses many of these ideas.
Listen again and draw what you hear. You don’t need a transcript.
Excellent presentation. Thank you for sharing. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💖💖💖
When at the beginning he asks whether this is art and if he´s talented I feel tempted to say: " - Of course you are and of course it is. Naivism is a springboard everyone has been jumping off and taking off from."
A stunning talk on why we should be drawing. Thank you!
"If I can't draw something. I probably havent understood it YET" Wow wonderful creative thinking strategy
The light bulb image 💡 made me think about how we use emojis as replacement for the written word. So we are basically arting when we are using emojis. I'm doing 🎨🖌️, 👈🥫2! Thank you 🙏👍
Heart of Kentucky. RALPH AMMER/TEDxTUM. I've never heard such explanation about the process of drawing. Fantastic. Katie.
What a brilliant Talk!!!
Great talk, accompanied by thoughtful illustrations and animations. Thank you!
Fantastic presentation, sensitively and vividly explained - thank you.
this conversation is full of wisdom and creative imagination, thank you.
Excellent!!! Wow, thank you.
And as in some ways a “language artist” and teacher, I find that I resonate with what you say about a picture not needing to be a masterpiece - if it successfully expresses and communicates, 👍🏼😀✏️🔅🖊✨
What do you mean by "language artist", out of interest?
Excellent talk , thank you. I know that when I 'have it in my hand', through drawing a thing, I really have observed it, am intimate with this thing and it helps me enormously in my arts practice.