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How we perceive and process light is essential to recognizing and interpreting the world around us. The information that the visual cortex of our brains receives and the electromagnetic energy waves that are absorbed by our eyes are both used to process our surroundings. Light is thought to be more effective when compared to sound simply because of its ability to hold permanence.
 * How We Process Light: **

Text as a means of communicating can be extremely advantageous when it concerns recording information, wanting a permanent means of communication, and keeping progress with our work. However, text does not contain some of the remarkable qualities that oral speech can convey. Expression, intonation, and feeling are all invaluable tools that are used when communicating by speaking. Text, unlike speech, also requires the knowledge of three networks of understanding: recognition networks, strategic networks, and affective networks, all of which concern effectively processing, interpreting, and understanding the written word.
 * The Qualities of Text: **

Examples of how text is not as nearly effective as spoken words are:

"Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King". Aragorn's Speech at the Black Gate

[|Aragorn's Speech at the Black Gate]

Text: Sons of Gondor! Of Rohan! My brothers. I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of Men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields when the Age of Men comes crashing down, but it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!

"The Replacements". Shane Falco's Pain Heals Speech

[|Shane Falco's Pain Heals Speech]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Text: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">I wish I could say something classy and inspirational, but that just wouldn't be our style. Pain heals, chicks dig scars, glory﻿ ﻿ lasts forever.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">Images offer an instantaneous means of relaying a message. The symbolism that can be conveyed through one image can be more effective than two pages of text explaining the emotions already being represented through an image. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">Limitations of images however, are that not everyone interprets information in the same manner. Two people presented with the same picture can get drastically different reactions. Text can be more concise in these cases. Again the three networks of understanding: recognition networks, strategic networks, and affective networks also can be incorporated into analyzing the symbols and imagery being presented in images.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">The Qualities of Images **

For example: You can look at this picture and automatically know in some sense that this child is sad. OR I could write a paragraph describing the image: The little girl's face was scrunched up. She looked like she was crying. She must be sad about something. She looks alone.

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