Struggling with Notes

This weeks topic for College Learning Strategies was note taking, and as I saw earlier, Dom has already stated that, in VPA, it is hard for to take notes in my classes. It is also most of the time, unnecessary. I do remember that Dr. Blumin, had mentioned the To Do Notes, but I was done with my studios for that week, after Wednesday. However, I am defiantly going to try that strategy out tomorrow morning.
So, this week, I had a project for my 2D studio class where I had to make 10 sketches and from those 10, I had to choose six to redraw and make into final bristol board drawings. As I was sitting on the floor in my dorm room sketching, I realized that this in itself was a form of notes. Because I am in a very different set of classes then most people, we don't have to take notes, or take tests, but we make up for it in other ways. Such as sketching out our ideas. If you go back and look, I myself like to include more words and little side notes, then drawings themselves.
So, I took my sketch book and planned out what I thought looked pleasing to the eye and what I wanted to draw, close up, from these dollars bills, and put in a larger scale. At first this was challenging because there were so many different parts that I would have loved to incorporate. But then as I started moving, the ideas started flowing. I then drew 10 large squares, where I would draw examples of what I wanted my final product to look like. Coming up with 10 was hard because, after a while I started to get tired. I decided to take a 10 minute break and then go back to my work. This is when I started to work on the final projects. I think the 10 minute period of rest, was very useful because it helped me stay focused again, to work very slow and tediously.
Overall, I think sketching can really help produce ideas, and help remember what you would like to include. Almost like a reminder, where you can go back and look at what you had orginally wanted your project to look like.