This first sketch was developed to examine the
way male and female, men & women icons
have been created in the past. Sketches of men & women, male & female
were made using a variety of pictograms, icons, ideograms
and phonetic signs.
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The verbal image 1.
The next two images examine WJT Mitchell's 'verbal
image' as discussed in my outline
notes. We think of verbal images as figurative or ornamental
words (poetry for example), but another example would be musical
notes on a page of sheet music or mathematical symbols.
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The verbal image 2.
This series of images explores the way writers
embed verbal imagery within writing. The rough sketches also look
at ciphers, written symbols and marks that imply a value.