I wanted to share my image with you all. This morning I drew Barack Obama's inauguration speech:
There's a page for it here, including a PDF to print.
I'm usually drawing conversations, not a single, succinct speaker. I normally map in real time, but the density of Obama's point made me take very quick notes on what stood out to me. I quickly found a transcript of the speech online to reference. One way I help groups is by summarizing and synthesizing their words into brief points. In this case, getting our new president's words verbatim was important. I compared my notes to the transcript, giving me a chance to really decide what to pull out for the drawing. Next, I took to drawing those points around the main banner of Obama.
In my drawing, I really focused on the ideas of work and responsibility, that's what resonated with me. I wish I had colleagues drawing the same speech so I could see what surfaced in their drawings.
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