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Shift Gears Tool

(click on an image to start)

 STATE YOUR CHALLENGE IN THE FORM OF A QUESTION:

SENSIBILITIES

Note your reactions to the image...include details, general impressions, feelings, sounds, scents or tastes you'd anticipate ... whatever strikes you. Put each on a separate line.

POSSIBILITIES

Now assume that each Sensibility is a clue. Find or force a link between your reactions and your challenge. Note the links below. Some reactions may spark more links than others.


















  • Highlight the "possibilities" that show the most promise. Work to refine and develop these ideas further. These refinements may spark their own new ideas.
  • Print this page and set it aside for a time. When you return to it, see if you can create a few additional links between the reactions you noted and the challenge. Notable is a handy tool that will support your success.
  • You can stop after working with one image, or repeat this process with several images. (Print this page and then start over again with a new image.)

 

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