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The Literate Mind

In a literate mind, two modes of thinking -visual thinking and verbal thinking - are clearly differentiated, clearly distinguishable, yet interdependent skills. A painting is different from a book and yet many of the same intellectual skills responsible for the painting are responsible for the book. The right and left hemispheres of the brain have evolved to specialize and yet they remain intimately connected. What we observe on Paleolithic cave walls.

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