Visual thinking

We need an external medium in which to see our ideas from another vantage point, and writing things down is the most effective and convenient one ever invented.

writing it down on paper or on a computer where you can see it is because the brain, unlikely as it may sound, is no place for serious thinking. Any time you have serious thinking to do, the first step is to get the whole shootin’ match out of your head and set it up someplace where you can walk around it and see it from all sides. Attack, switch

Second is to keep things moving. Watch any TV commercial, TV show, or movie. You’ll notice that about every two to three seconds what you’re seeing on the screen changes. There will be a different camera angle, a different scene, or a different image shown. And this happens repeatedly throughout the entire program. What you see is constantly moving

The meaning of a thought, insight, or memory often isn’t immediately clear. We need to write them down, revisit them, and view them from a different perspective in order to digest what they mean to us. It is exceedingly difficult to do that within the confines of our heads.

To get and to hold attention a layout should have two qualities. First, it should be interesting to look at. Second, it should not be static, but should convey the feeling of movement and action, for these are interesting.