"The Writing Problems of Visual Thinkers""The Writing Problems of Visual Thinkers"
Acknowledgements |
An earlier version of this article was presented as a paper to the Qualitative Division, Association for Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication. Thanks to David Butler of the Florida State University School of Design and Larry Peterson of the Florida A&M University School of Architecture for supplying encouragement and examples. And to my wife, Christl, the visual thinker in residence. |
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