{"id":15426,"date":"2015-01-20T11:43:54","date_gmt":"2015-01-20T16:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=15426"},"modified":"2015-01-22T14:08:41","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T19:08:41","slug":"do-you-think-in-words-or-pictures-and-why-it-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/do-you-think-in-words-or-pictures-and-why-it-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you think in Words or Pictures? (and why it matters)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15428\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/rosey-cheecks-300x240.jpeg\" alt=\"snowheart\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/rosey-cheecks-300x240.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/rosey-cheecks-350x280.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/rosey-cheecks-150x120.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/rosey-cheecks-1024x819.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/rosey-cheecks-600x480.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/rosey-cheecks.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Do you think in Words or Pictures?<\/h2>\n<p>Chances are if you are reading this, and if you tend to read a good deal, you are firstly a person of words. Nothing wrong with that. But, your blind spot might be hurting you unawares&#8230;.<em>more on that soon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Me? well&#8230;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I&#8217;m a weird mix.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m am\u2013 rather evenly\u2013a person of words AND and person of pictures.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>However,\u00a0I am rarely, if ever, both at the same time. I have to switch gears. My dream life even changes when that happens and I go through phases that seemed to be tied to the weather&#8230;\u00a0<strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><em>Sort of strange, I know.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here, at the website, as you might figure, I&#8217;m mainly a person of words&#8230;.<em>if I wasn&#8217;t I would have abandon blogging ages ago. I&#8217;ve posted about 2,000 times here and in previous blog efforts.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This &#8220;being a person of words&#8221; came not so much natively as much as a way to <strong>create things<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(I&#8217;m an <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ENTP\" target=\"_blank\">ENTP<\/a> and I love conceptualizing, innovating, and making things come to life. That&#8217;s my sweet spot.)<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Sidetone:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #999999;\">There are all sort of free <\/span><strong style=\"color: #999999;\">Myers&#8217;-Briggs<\/strong><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u00a0personality\/temperament sorts of tests online, but they always seem to be short and less than definitive. (They&#8217;re &#8220;meh&#8221;)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #999999;\">I recommend this book for its apt\u00a0testing process. A 70 question test is inside (and it&#8217;s much less expensive than the official Myers-Briggs test with about 100 questions). Plus, there are loads of helpful descriptions to flesh your results out and understand it all\u00a0better. Learning you spouse&#8217;s, friends&#8217;, co-workers&#8217; or family&#8217;s temperament style is\u00a0invaluable too.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=thbloflicode-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=0960695400&amp;asins=0960695400&amp;linkId=PVJCDDKYFQRMKWXT&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Before I was a person of words (online, in print, for graduate school, in business, at work)&#8230;.first, I was a\u00a0<strong>visual\u00a0<\/strong>artist\u2013a person who\u00a0thinks and understands more powerfully when images are readily available and utilized. I still am.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Words have only really been powerful when they conjure mental <strong>images<\/strong> for me. Maybe it&#8217;s the same for you.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>How to increase your imagination\u2013because\u00a0IMAGINATION is power:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>(Imagination = literally, bringing up images)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">If you are a &#8220;word person&#8221;, I encourage you check for a\u00a0blind spot on the visual side. That is, if thinking in visual terms isn&#8217;t <em><strong>native<\/strong><\/em> to you (and you will already know if it is), then consult with someone who thinks from a visual paradigm. Then, with them\u2013 look for ways to richly add <em>that<\/em>\u00a0aspect to your message.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you are a Picture person? Reading more will help.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Some ideas for enhancing the picture side\u00a0are&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>(click examples to see the visual)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 using \/ creating Infographics: (a graphic way to convey written content).<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p1g2iA-3D8\" target=\"_blank\">Example 1<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"How To: Use Your Blog to Change the World [infographic]\" href=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/2012\/04\/17\/how-to-use-your-blog-to-change-the-world-infographic\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Example 2<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Adding art, photography, or Illustration (it should encapsulate or elucidate your message, not just decorative)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/2012\/10\/17\/secrets-to-up-cycling-worry-part-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Example\u00a03<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"A boy, a fox, and a homecoming (sneak peek #3)\" href=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/2014\/12\/23\/a-boy-a-fox-and-a-homecoming-sneak-peek-3\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Example\u00a04<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Adding video (this should flesh out-in the true sense-what you are trying to convey)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/w35-KOyCs2c?list=UU0JuFNXcT3ymKhnMsqY7TcQ\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Example 5<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>BONUS?<br \/>\n\u2022 Add other visually <strong>demonstrative<\/strong> <strong>or<\/strong>\u00a0include\u00a0<em>sensual<\/em>\u00a0elements<br \/>\n(things involving the senses&#8230;not <em>sensual<\/em> like&#8230; you know&#8230;&#8221;kissy stuff&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; demonstrations<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; dance<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; drama<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; sensual: aroma and other tactile experiences (taste and touch), sound elements&#8230;etc<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you need visuals to magnify your message, I&#8217;m here for you. Just send me a message.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you think in Words or Pictures? how to check for blind spots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5626],"tags":[3876,3878,5501,6534,257,4378,431,432,434,459,4649,615,853,4759,4377,1034,4467,4786,4903,1222,1347,1372,1503,1525,5649,1616,5314,1742,4858,4716,5306,4336,1763,4081,1980,2016,2077,4801,2202,6193,2367,58,4798,4770,5840,2747,2782,2979,3001,3030,3211,3274,3943,5767,6130,3421,4241,3444,4075,3598,4860,3658,4385,3698,3711,4641,3742,89,3765],"class_list":["post-15426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spark-my-muse","tag-3876","tag-3878","tag-aroma","tag-art","tag-artist","tag-be","tag-blind","tag-blind-spots","tag-blog","tag-book","tag-business","tag-changes","tag-creating","tag-dance","tag-do","tag-drama","tag-encourage","tag-example","tag-examples","tag-family","tag-free","tag-friends","tag-good","tag-graduate-school","tag-graphic","tag-help","tag-how-to","tag-i-am","tag-ideas","tag-if","tag-images","tag-imagination","tag-in","tag-just","tag-learning","tag-life","tag-love","tag-mental","tag-message","tag-myers-briggs","tag-not","tag-photography","tag-power","tag-process","tag-question","tag-questions","tag-reading","tag-school","tag-seasons","tag-senses","tag-spouse","tag-stuff","tag-sweet","tag-temperament","tag-test","tag-things","tag-thinking","tag-time","tag-true","tag-video","tag-visual","tag-weather","tag-weird","tag-why","tag-will","tag-word","tag-words","tag-work","tag-writer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15426"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15506,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15426\/revisions\/15506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}