Visual Practice (VP) is a field of work that weaves together the disciplines of presencing, Theory U, systems thinking, and dialogue with “scribing”. It is a 2-dimensional social art that helps systems see and sense their reality and potential. 

Methods of Visual Practice

These are methods of Visual Practice connected with Theory U, brought into the world by artist and writer Kelvy Bird, among others.

These methods stand for deeper levels of listening and scribing, shining light on relationships, root causes, and energy that is felt. It is always done in service of a group, to 'presence' what a group or a social system wants to express, and then make it visible. The drawing establishes connections within content, aids with insight, and supports decision making.

The drawing can be used by the group to reflect on their conversation, while it is taking place, and also after, to 'see' something extra collectively. It is mostly done with markers or paint on a large surface, in the room where the participants are (a live 'mirror'!), but can also work digitally when the meeting is online.

"Scribing—visually representing ideas while people talk—is a distinct social art form that facilitates group learning and cultural memory. Scribes listen and draw simultaneously, creating large pictures that integrate content, prompt insight, and aid with decision-making.

“Generative scribing” extends this art by attending to the field of energy and relation between people, and to the emerging potential of a system” – Kelvy Bird (from the introduction).  

This book frames the key concepts that inform and cultivate a scribe’s inner capacities of being, joining, perceiving, knowing, and drawing. It is for scribes, facilitators, coaches, and organizers, and for anyone who cares about how we exist together as humans. It’s for those who want to explore their interior functioning, to approach the world anew.

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言葉で問うのではなく、「描く」ことで、対話を深める―。

発言者の話す内容だけではなく、場のエネルギー、人と人との関係性、一人ひとりの感情をも、描き出すファシリテーションとは。
「言葉になっていない」ものが可視化されることで、人々の内省や当事者意識が促され、新しい洞察やビジョン、未来が生み出されていく。
日本でも注目。U理論深化の一翼を担った著者が説く、新しい場づくりの実践。

【スクライビングとは】
人々が対話している間に、発言者の話の内容や考えを視覚的に表すこと。

単なる「わかりやすさ」や「美しさ」を超えた、描くことの深い効果を「U理論」や「学習する組織」など、組織開発の理論をベースに解説。
在る」「融合する」「捉える」「知る」「描く」という5つの実践モデルで、生成的な場づくりを紐解く。
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　　在《悲劇的誕生》（The Birth of Tragedy）一書中，尼采提到，作為一位哲學家，他的任務是「透過藝術家的奧普蒂克量杯（optic）觀看科學，以及透過人生的奧普蒂克量杯觀看藝術」。 本書的作者凱葳 ‧ 博德（Kelvy Bird）在敘畫（scribing）以及 社會藝術的世界中，體現了尼采在哲學世界所達到的境界：它標記著一個階段的結束，並且預示著另一個階段的開始。

　　這本書以創新之姿研究與探索「敘畫」這個新興領域，所 觸及的層面不只攸關那些想要進化為生成式敘畫（generative scribing）的敘畫實踐者，也和其他想要鍛鍊啟動生成式社會領域能力的社會藝術家、引導師以及自然流現實踐者有關。

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