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By: Brian Sullivan Open Camp Conference
Da Vinci’s Journals
• Da Vinci wrote over
13,000 pages of notes
and visual diagrams in his journals
• Da Vinci clustered his
ideas into drawings and observations
• This page is Da Vinci’s observations of the arm
Creativity Must Be Unstructured
• Da Vinci’s writings are
idea journals based
on what inspired him, daily observations
• Ideas were sketched
with notes. No roman
numerals or bulleted lists (aka this preso)
Start from the Inside Out
• Da Vinci scholars
suggest he sketched
his main topic in the
center of the page
• Journal page starts as
pictures without text
Add Text Descriptions to Pictures
• Da Vinci would add
detailed notes and
observations to his illustrative ideas
• Da Vinci did purposely
use different colors of text for his notes
Cover the Entire Page
• Da Vinci’s journal pages
were always full. • Scholarship indicates
that he revisited and
refined ideas
• Da Vinci captured and refreshed ideas
Manage Space in a Scalable Manner
• Da Vinci used an early
form of the Cornell Method of notetaking
• You will frequently see
distinct areas:
1. notetaking 2. quick reference 3. summary footer
Example of Cornell Method Page
• In this example, we see
a complicated idea
for military ladder.
• We see the drawing in a specific area with
notes in another area
and cross-reference in a footer area
Idea Journals are Like Mind Maps
Mind Map of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” (courtesy of Mappio)
Da Vinci Foresaw Many Things
• Da Vinci is known as
both an artist and a
scientist.
• He foresaw:
- Helicopter - Tank - Parachute - Solar Power - Cardiovascular disease - Airplanes
Leonardo’s Bridge to Nowhere
• In 1502, Da Vinci
sketched an idea for
bridge for the Sultan
of Istanbul.
• The bridge was never
built because the Sultan’s engineers
deemed it unstable.
Leonardo’s Bridge Built in
• In 2006, Turkey completed the
Leonardo Da Vinci Bridge, which is a scaled-
down version with a 300-feet span and total length of 400 feet.
• Da Vinci was right the classic
keystone arch could be
stretched narrow and
widened without losing integrity.
Imagine the Journals as Blogs
Imagine Blogs as Da Vinci Journals
Imagine Da Vinci’s Indexing
Imagine Da Vinci Storing Pics
Imagine Da Vinci’s Videos
For Da Vinci—Ideas, Then Journal
For You, Ideas, Journal, Then Blog
Bravo, Gratzi, QA