[UA] OT: Thought and Language

[Royal Minister of Stuff]

--- Cassady Toles <Con_Job at excite.com> wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 21 Jul 2001 15:52:59 -0700 (PDT),
> ua at lists.uchicago.edu wrote:
> 
>   Hm... Is that really so bad though? Aside from the
>   limitations words impose, is there any real reason
> to
>   reform thought patterns into something
> dissassociated
>   with spoken/written language besides just being
> cool?
>   
> Yep, visual and audial artists (painters, sculptors,
> musicians, and lighting
> designers just to name a few) or any sort of three
> dimensional
> designer/creator (engineers, draftsmen, plumbers,
> and welders just to name a
> few) are all about shape, form, location.  We have
> to think in pictures
> images, and concepts dissassociated with language to
> do what we do.  
(snip)
> 
> Most real-world magical and spiritual traditions
> place great value on
> visualization, but I won't say how "useful" that is
> for fear of people
> thinking I'm a freak....

True.  When I'm designing a page or doing layout for a
newspaper (or when I used to, anyway), I saw the
placement of the words as forms: columns.  I imagine
the text flowing around graphic elements or being a
graphic element in and of itself.  One of the reasons
I like UA is that the page layout tends to be visually
pleasing.  It conveys an feeling of simplicity and
structure with its large shaded boxes and small clumps
of continuuing text.  It makes you feel like its easy
to read. (My wife certainly liked it.)

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-- Rp Bowman, Royal Minister of Stuff
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