Yesterday we gave each other feedback on our self-portraits using Edward De Bono’s six thinking hat method.

The premise of this method is that our brains all think in a number of distinct ways and can be deliberately challenged, allowing us to develop tactics for thinking about particular issues. De bono identifies six directions in which the brain can be challenged. None of these directions are completely natural ways of thinking, but rather how some of us already represent the results of our thinking. We decided that only four hats were necessary to receive sufficient feedback. They were…

• RED Emotions – intuitive or instinctive gut reactions or statements of emotional feeling (but not any justification)
• BLACK Discernment – logic applied to identifying reasons to be cautious and conservative
• YELLOW Optimistic response – logic applied to identifying benefits, seeking harmony
• GREEN Creativity – statements of provocation and investigation, seeing where a thought goes

I was given the black hat…I found I was overly cautious of offending my peers when providing black hat feedback. Something I need to work on…

Received some great feedback on my self-portrait that I will be keeping in mind when working on my next project for week five.

Here’s some footage I cut together for an editing exercise we did at the end of class…The theme was Colour.