“The physical fact of the text, with its spatial appearance on the page, requires visual apprehension: a text can be seen, must be seen, in a process which is essentially different from the perception of speech” (Bernhardt 66)
In this sense, words are the individual brush strokes of an entire painting. One stroke, one word, has almost no meaning by itself. But, thousands of each can create vivid texts and beautiful paintings. The quote above, and the majority of the Bernhardt text, combines both writing and painting (in a sense) and describes the undeniable power of this duo.
This concept of combining both text and visual art reminds me of the McCloud text we read awhile back, dealing with comics and their ability to communicate through both text and art successfully. I agreed with McCloud, as I now do with Bernhardt, the combination of text and pictures is extremely useful in communicating a point across.
It would be very interesting to dive deeper into this idea. I wonder if there is more in this concept of combining the two. What do you think? What fields do you believe could benefit from the combination?
The real question is, are there any fields that could not benefit from the combination?
ReplyDeleteTrue that. Sounds like we need to inform the school. Tell them that words + pictures = happy students.
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