Green. Yellow. Red. Thin. Long. Dark. Big. Small. Busy. Boring. Plain. There aren’t enough words to describe the emotions that strike a viewer when he or she looks at a painting for the first time. Some people are drawn to the aesthetically pleasing, and some the ugly and intriguing. When we visually think about something, as a human instinct the first thing we judge is appearance. Although we all say we want to read to the book rather than judge it by the cover, we judge what we see first, and then possibly change our opinions once exploring our subjects. Does visually thinking mean plastering an adjective to our subject? Does it mean judging solely by the eyes? It can be different for every individual, but the general gist can be summed up by a few qualities, it uses the right brain, and involves no verbal information. The typical Rorshach test is used by psychologists to analyze what various people see in inkblots and can epitomize the essence of visually thinking. It is the image that is produced in our own minds when we see the inkblot. Design is what drives someone in, it is the blue print of all the deeper elements. Visual thinking is something we do unconsciously and as a result makes sight a more individualistic. Visually thinking is an important element to thinking creatively about anything and is what drives us to question what we like and dislike aesthetically about our subject.
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