on multirygdia and visual thinking

Kekule is describing hon'' in 1890 he discovered the benzol rine. It was not the ter.t which made him see the light. On the contrary, the new insight was born from an associative, half conscious perception of visual dynamic images: the snakes dance, and one of them, and notice this mockinglv gets hold of its own taii. Was it mockingly because the scientific discovery was right there before his very eyes, but he could not see itbecause of all the words? It was seeing with the mind's eye which was the basis for a new understanding, and it was imagination which played a crucial role in bringing forward a new scientific discovery. It is this ability to imagine things, to disregard the written word, and see the meaning in a visual image which catches my attention, because the human being is a visual being. It is with the eyes we meet the world. And whether it is images in the outer world, or images seen with our mind's eye, it is visual perception which rules.r