I have always loved the juxtaposition of print and image. A few years ago, I read,
"The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image." The author posited that the
centuries of gender societal inequality can be traced to the evolution of mankind's
prejudice towards precise, written word over holistic, visual representation of thought.
Those whom possessed the "alphabet" hoarded it keeping it revered.
This, in turn, resulted in a history of social class divisions and religious upheavals.
Print, in it's linear form, triggers our brain's "left hemisphere."
Images reside in the "right" as they can only be interpreted in true gestalt.
Perhaps, then, it is only in the marriage of print and image that all
sensibilities can be fully appreciated.
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