Art part 2
Dec. 23rd, 2015 02:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ghoti_mhic_uaitWhat should images be used for? What shouldn't they be used for?
This is a really interesting question, and I haven't managed to come up with a good answer. I think for any purpose I would prefer text instead - instructions, places where the words are clearer than the picture, toilet doors etc, there will always be people who prefer pictures. So I think the answer is that I think that they shouldn't *replace* text but rather work alongside text, when trying to convey information, so as many people as possible with as many learning styles as possible can access the information.
And I'm sorry that all my thinking didn't come up with something more definitive, because that feels like it would be more satisfying for both me and you, the reader.
Are you a visual person, or do you respond more to audial messages, or the written word, or what?
Definitely written word, on the whole. I can be so immersive, and pick up so much more than with visuals. That said, I do love visual imagery too, I think maybe I like all the things? But if it were only once, then written word, and second choice music. Not spoken word, which I often tune out, and have to focus quite hard on, especially if I've nothing to do with my hands, but music somehow fits the fidgety part of my brain quite nicely so it makes focussing easier.
This is a really interesting question, and I haven't managed to come up with a good answer. I think for any purpose I would prefer text instead - instructions, places where the words are clearer than the picture, toilet doors etc, there will always be people who prefer pictures. So I think the answer is that I think that they shouldn't *replace* text but rather work alongside text, when trying to convey information, so as many people as possible with as many learning styles as possible can access the information.
And I'm sorry that all my thinking didn't come up with something more definitive, because that feels like it would be more satisfying for both me and you, the reader.
Are you a visual person, or do you respond more to audial messages, or the written word, or what?
Definitely written word, on the whole. I can be so immersive, and pick up so much more than with visuals. That said, I do love visual imagery too, I think maybe I like all the things? But if it were only once, then written word, and second choice music. Not spoken word, which I often tune out, and have to focus quite hard on, especially if I've nothing to do with my hands, but music somehow fits the fidgety part of my brain quite nicely so it makes focussing easier.
