tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19586719.post3281699746107455531..comments2023-09-24T06:37:17.587-07:00Comments on The Visual Linguist: Lightbulbs over the head actually do give insight!Neil Cohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03705933006220475644noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19586719.post-32643788471401249202010-08-22T21:51:21.942-07:002010-08-22T21:51:21.942-07:00Thanks very much for the comments! You make some v...Thanks very much for the comments! You make some very good observations there.<br /><br />I wouldn't say that my opinions have really changed since then, and I also don't think they are contradictory. In that paper I'm trying to describe the extant to which all graphic signs relate to each other. <br /><br />So, since people <i>do</i> draw in highly realistic ways that require a lot knowledge about anatomy, shading, etc. I'm trying to give a cognitive space to where those belong in relation to cartoony ("haplotic") images. <br /><br />However, this is not to say that I believe this is what people are predisposed for. BUT... explaining that is quite a long issue, and since it's an interesting one I'll save it for a complete post unto itself!<br /><br />Thanks for the topic... Stay tuned!Neil Cohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03705933006220475644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19586719.post-48561797598060496032010-08-21T03:00:04.729-07:002010-08-21T03:00:04.729-07:00Hey, nice work on this site and keep up the good w...Hey, nice work on this site and keep up the good work. I've got some questions though.<br /><br />You seem to have some "art perspective" claims in your "Eye Graphic Semiosis" on pages 44-45, e.g.: "vast amounts of knowledge required to draw...", "necessitates at least a basic understanding of anatomy...", "technical knowhow...", "how light reflects off surfaces...". Contrast to some of your later claims: "I think drawing has to do entirely with formulating a mental storage of 'structures of drawing'...", "drawings (especially in sequence) constitute a system of communication...", "we lack the recognition that drawn works use a set of mental patterns....", "Being "fluent" is to have proficiency in a shared set of conventions or regularities...". <br /><br />Have your opinions on these things changed over time or are these claims somehow not contradictory after all? Some clarification would be nice.<br /><br /><br />Thanks,<br />AnonymousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com