Double scribing - Ocean Metaphor

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My co-worker and good friend David Rodriguez and I experimented with some "double scribing" this week. We simultaneously scribed on a wall of dry erase about 12-15 ft long and about 6 ft high. We agreed on a metaphor beforehand (in this case the ocean) that the facilitator then worked into a conversation with the client. 50 or so people spoke and David and I turned their comments into this huge piece.

What was fun about this was that it allowed one of us to catch the content while the other spent much more time illustrating. Therefore you get good stuff you don't normally have time to do while scribing (like the whale and the sailboat).

It was also cool to trade places back and forth as we drew and pass quietly pass comments directing one another. I think there's a LOT to explore here. We need to do this a lot more.

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Side note- I need to find a medium on dry erase that will "shade" images. It's got to be something that can go on and come off quickly and easily. I've used watercolor paint before- but it needs like 5 coats and is messy to remove. No good for the live, rapid fire environment of our sessions.

If anyone's got a suggestion on that one send it to me please.