Mobile model of mental workflow
We had our first session on September 10th, 2025 where we were introduced to each other and our practices, discussed blockages and facilitators through model-making, and discovered what our top leadership drivers are.
During a short model-making period, I created a mobile sculpture from materials I prepared for a past tactile workshop that illustrated a mental workflow for how I approach a project, which can be quite chaotic but it eventually all comes together. I often start a project by collecting images that inspire me that then link to a central theme. That theme then develops ideas for projects that also stem more ideas of how it should be made, how to interact with it, what size it should be, why is it important, etc. In the creative process, my mind often feels like it’s suspending many thoughts about that project at once that are connected by a thin thread, similar to the shape of the mobile I created. I am driven by inspiration and creativity, but, sometimes, I will run into an artist block – something that hinders the process of creation, or I will have trouble with indecision. I’ve added some translucent pieces that are tied in between the floating ideas to represent my personal blocks from project progression.
From our session, I’ve also learned that my top leadership drivers are aesthetics, recognition, altruism, security, and tradition. It has been helpful to understand the exact characteristics of what I am motivated by to do the work that I do and what sort of leader that I currently am.
