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# Sketch your notes
- URL: https://www.cesarrg.com/sketch-your-notes/
- Published: 2021-05-21T00:58:47.000Z
- Updated: 2023-07-17T06:27:26.000Z
- Description: Try to express your ideas through simple drawings.
- Author: César Rodríguez
- Tags: Art, Featured

#3 - May.2021

There is something magical when you get out of the traditional way of note-taking - bullet points, lists, etc - and try to express your ideas through simple drawings. 

There is a good amount of scientific evidence on how *art,* in all forms, enhances brain function. In my experience, sketching as a proxy for note-taking - when reviewing books, researching, and meetings - definitely works like a boost for deep thinking.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/10/f4/10f4a52f-1b7d-4284-b66d-0fccfd9dc5da/content/images/2021/05/sketch-1.png)

My book notes on *Leonardo da Vinci* (Walter Isaacson)

Is not a matter of making good or bad sketches but simply relying on images instead of plain words - or mixing both. It's interesting how the brain retains much more details and connections between your ideas. This is known by psychologists as the “[drawing effect](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0963721418755385?journalCode=cdpa&ref=cesarrg.com)”.

Give it a try - is not only useful but fun!

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/10/f4/10f4a52f-1b7d-4284-b66d-0fccfd9dc5da/content/images/2022/12/sign_CRG2.png)

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