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🖼️ The Need for Visual Intelligence
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Hey everyone! Greetings from Lisbon, Portugal! I just started reading Visual Intelligence by Amy Herman. It is not the most well-known of psychology books out there, but all I can say is: WOOWWW! The way it makes you see the world is phenomenal! This book is based on her flagship program known as the Art of Perception. The name is apt: Mastering the skill of observation and upgraded perception through works of art by some of our famous painters and minds. It is split into 4 sequential sections: 1. ASSESS 2. ANALYSE 3. ARTICULATE 4. ADAPT Even though I’m still on the ASSESS section, the art of perception is definitely called for. In my previous email, I ironically spoke about how in a world of moving pictures, we lack context through a lack of deep discourse and favour towards a superficial interpretation towards media to gain a perspective. But as you can expect, the era of moving pictures is not going to go away. I don’t think any of you would want it to go away. I don’t want it to go away either. I have 2 YouTube channels (cheeky little request to subscribe to help the algo!): 2. My running channel​ I love movies, visual stories, and even though I’m not a big fan of the news, I would probably like to see some visual evidence and seeing how humans have been affected to at least get a glimpse of understanding. And even if television didn’t exist, we wouldn’t be able to avoid it at all. We are visual creatures, and we think better in pictures. But the problem is the representation of these stories, some stripped out of context, and leading to quick conclusions. This is where visual intelligence comes in. Here’s an exercise that you may be familiar with in some form: Click on this video... Welcome back.. Be honest… Did you actually see the moonwalking bear? This is a modern example of how visual intelligence plays - assessing almost every detail, obvious and obscure, and how it relates to the situation. Unless you already have a good dose of visual intelligence or you’ve already seen this (lol!), you were focusing on the prompt to count the number of passes the white team made. It was all relevant to you. The moonwalking bear wasn’t relevant but needed to be considered. When you read Visual Intelligence, you’ll encounter so many works of art to interpret and observe the amount of small things that need observing. For neuroscience research, I looked into it yet as I wanted to focus on the whole concept of the book before diving into it. Thank you so much for reading! Mark x |
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Hey all! Long time no see! I'm so so sorry for the extended hiatus. So many things going on, but I'm trying to get back track with the newsletter and other content creation fun. I'm reigniting my blog and sharing with you my recent article which you can read on this very issue. But if you prefer: Read the Online Version here! Enjoy! The human brain is an attractive asset to explore. Nearly every popular science book, and particularly self-help books emphasises an element of the brain’s...
Hey everyone! So last week I wrote about a book I was reading, Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman. Just yesterday, I finished it. It talks about how television has revolutionised the way we interpret information and unfortunately, Postman cries out well-thought negativity on this change. This talks about especially how we think critically and understand our perception of the world. Now that I’ve finished the book I want to give some key points that I found incredibly helpful for you...
Hello everyone! I’ve seen a surprising number of tweets, articles, and podcasts about this book: AMUSING OURSELVES TO DEATH by Neil Postman It talks about how the advent of television and visual media has significantly changed the way we interpret the world’s information especially when it comes to the issues that matter to us most; transitioning from a literate written form to an entertaining visual medium. The key here is entertainment - it provides sensory gratification instead of critical...