Via Nick Denton

The art of of the written and spoken language. Strung together with letters to make words that eventually make sentences. Much like this post. But check this out:

“Acdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer is in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.”

Words are prescriptions to our minds. Our brains seem to very rapidly create images out of words. Are images, then, the ephemeral bonding agent between people? Language and communication through pictures and symbols have been with us for a very long time. From cave paintings to the canvasses at the Met, are images universally understood? Is there some biological explanation for all of this? Can we conclude that images are in fact a better way to communicate? {grin}