Invasion of the visuals needs to be resisted lest they turn out to be the camel's nose

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[Arguing for the superiority of visual communication, Barbara Stafford writes “Perceptually combined information… avoids the intellectual limitations of linearity.” She believes that in the graphic world of the internet, artists will be more important in explaining reality, understanding the display of knowledge, allowing an immediate apprehension of connections. Posted by Susan Waters-Eller at 3:35 PM]

A picture, they say, is worth a thousand words. True; but a drop of ink may make a million think (Lord Byron) is still truer. A stray phrase can inaugurate a new phase in life, and therein lies the power of the words.

Photos and videos of the All USA Meeting (AUM) 2008 conference on The Mother and Sri Aurobindo have been uploaded on August 28, 2008 by lesterlyn. That’s all very nice; but where are the Reports, the Speeches, or the Resolutions?

Members of social networking sites, similarly, are busy exchanging photographs and artworks. Invasion of the visuals needs to be resisted lest they turn out to be the camel's nose. [TNM]