How to draw a Good Enough conversation

 
[blockquote source=”Mark Twain”]“Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation.”[/blockquote]
 
 
There’s a big difference between speaking AT someone and speaking WITH someone. And I am a HUGE advocate of conversation. (Huge!) My coaching clients and I typically work together using conversational processes coupled with reflective graphics. And my graphic facilitation clients will tell you that every project starts with a scoping conversation about what we’re really out to accomplish.
 
Yeah. Conversation’s my thing. Especially visual conversations!
 
But how do you visually represent a “conversation?” After all, it’s not something like a clock or a cat that you can draw, right?
 
Well, here’s my go-to way for representing conversational processes on the page:
 

How to draw a Good Enough conversation

Three (and a Half) Tips

The speech bubbles can stand alone on the page to represent a general or overarching conversation process…or they can be coupled with speakers as in the drawing below.
 

 
To represent the energy or possibility of a great conversation in process, I like to add little twinkle stars or spirals around the speech bubbles. (Great conversations do seem to sparkle, don’t they!)
 
And that’s it! What does YOUR conversation look like? Draw yours up, Tweet it out to @jeannelking #goodenough, and see who joins in!
 
Looking forward to seeing what you draw forth,

P.S. Want to have fun drawing AND inspire others to pick up the pen at the same time?  Got something you wish you could draw, but you’re not sure how to approach it? [highlights color=”ffea00″]Tweet your drawing or idea to @jeannelking and tag it with #goodenough: it could be featured in an upcoming “how to draw Good Enough” blog post![/highlights]