The Graphic Recorder | Capturing ideas, one sketchnote at a time

I’ve been interested in the craft of writing even since my high school newspaper teacher gave me On Writing Well by William Zinsser as a graduation gift. In the years since I’ve read and enjoyed Stephen King’s On Writing, Derrick Jensen’s Walking On...

The moment I began sharing my sketchnotes on this site and writing up written reflections of what I was learning was the moment I began using my voice in a public way.
Now I use my voice in different contexts as well – I’ve got a teacher voice that I put I use at Verbal To Visual and my traveler voice that I share via my personal YouTube channel....

All of the things. I want to do all of the things.
I want to keep putting my sketchnoting skills to use and sharing what I’m learning here at The Graphic Recorder. I want to help others build their own visual note-taking skills over at Verbal To Visual. I want to continue exploring what it means to Learn...

In a couple of days I head out on a month-long road trip from Portland, Oregon to Minneapolis, Minnesota. I’m going to a conference called NerdCon: Stories, and I decided to spend a few weeks getting there and a few weeks getting back. Here’s a bit of...