Overview of By’s Musings
You have reached my blog, which I intend to use for writing about my passions. I am working on a schedule of publishing a new post at least once a week, usually on Monday mornings. Please check back...
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Writing Using Visual Thinking as a Starting Point
Ever since I made the observation that I believed that my primary mode of thinking had changed from a verbal basis to a visual one, people have asked me the very appropriate question: “What do you mean...
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VIsual Story Board for Manuscript Title, Part I
In my previous post, Writing Using Visual Thinking as a Starting Point, I indicated that I was working on a book manuscript with the working title, An Explorer’s Guide to Biblical LIfe Planning:...
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Visual Story Board for Manuscript Title, Part II
Image from Presenter Media In my previous post, I indicated that in this post I would attempt to explain how I decided that the next word in my manuscript title, An Explorer’s Guide to Biblical Life...
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Visual Story Board for Manuscript Title, Part III – Life Planning
Life Planning: What do I do now? Image from Presenter Media This phrase is very different from the other phrases or words in my manuscript title in one very distinctive way. I have had the phrase Life...
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VIsual Story Board for Manuscript Title, Part IV – Biblical?
This post is the next to the last in a series on the development of the title of my manuscript, An Explorer’s Guide to Biblical Life Planning: Student Version. In the series I have illustrated the...
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Visual Story Board for Manuscript Title, Part V – Student Version
This post is the last in a series on the development of the title of the manuscript, An Explorer’s Guide to Biblical Life Planning: Student Version, on which I am currently working. By working, I mean...
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My Plan for Digging Myself Out of a Deep Hole
This post has been in the works for a long time. My blog posting pen has been essentially silent for a year. I apologize for the great delay. The delay was essentially due to ongoing medical problems,...
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Today is April 11! This is no April Fools’ Joke. We’re Back in Business
Image Courtesy of Presenter Media Can you believe it? Today is Monday, April 11, 2016. Winter and the month of March are officially over. We are ten days past the traditional April Fools’ Day of...
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A Shout Out to a Friend and Former Colleague, Rebekah Basinger
In urban slang, a “shout out” is a thank you, a word of appreciation. In the emoji world, two thumbs up is the sign that everything is especially good. Rebekah, here’s two thumbs up for you. Thank you,...
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Decisions, decisions, decisions! Three paths, which one should I take?
Image courtesy of PresenterMedia Have you ever begun a journey with one destination and itinerary in mind, but in the midst of your travels, you hit some minor snags or a major detour and have to...
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What’s the difference between surviving and surviving?
Image courtesy of Presenter Media Reader, patience please. Before you accuse me of completely losing it, I know that I probably should have entitled this post, What’s the difference between surviving...
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CHANGES AHEAD
Image courtesy of Presenter Media There are some exciting happenings just around the bend for HEBB. I am reopening some of the previously closed operations of HEBB and rolling out some totally brand...
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Words: I’m finding that trying to hit a moving target, while still forging my...
“O words, words! Wherefore art thou words?”…” Belonging to a man. O, be some other word! What’s in a word? That which we call a rose, by any other word would smell as sweet…” paraphrased from...
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Education’s Big Lie, Part I: Introduction
I don’t know how to say it any clearer. I have come to the shocking conclusion that the enterprise of American education is doing society a huge disservice by propagating and perpetuating a big lie....
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Education’s Big Lie, Part II: We Can Think without Words
As I noted at the end of Education’s Big Lie, Part I: Introduction, I have learned that we can think without words. However, in much of today’s world, particularly those parts of it touching the...
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Education’s Big Lie, Part III: Visual Thinkers in the Spotlight
Throughout history, some of the greatest minds, artists, scientists, and inventors of humanity have been visual thinkers. Some of them realized this and talked openly about their thinking style. In the...
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Education’s Big Lie, Part IV: Human Arenas Where Words Often Play Second Fiddle
I am WORDS. I am the concertmaster: FIrst Chair, First Violin. When it comes to thinking, I play all the solos! I play second fiddle to NO ONE! Image courtesy of Presenter Media In my most recent post...
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Advent Wreath Resolution at Easter
As we celebrate Easter 2017 are you still keeping up with your Advent Wreath Resolutions? In this reminder post, I return to consider two candles. The first is obviously the Christ candle, while the...
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Are you a complexifier or a simplifier?
I have heard this question raised many times in higher education circles. Having run around in higher education circles for more than 50 years, I have heard many questions over and over again! If I am...
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