Opening the Mind's Eye: How Images and Language Teach Us How To See

Opening the Mind's Eye: How Images and Language Teach Us How To See by Robertson, Ian. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780312306571.

Ian Robertson has always been fascinated by how the mind makes images, for that awesome power directly and deeply affects our lives. All of us "visualize" the world differently, and how we do so dictates the way we feel, remember, and think--and therefore our health, memory, and creativity. In this lively, accessible and fascinating book, Robertson explains that most of us employ language as a basis for visualization. In effect, we think in words more than in images. The result is an imbalance between the logical and the intuitive, between imagery-based thought and language-based thought. Opening the Minds Eye is both an enlightening and stimulating explanation of how we "see," and a compelling argument for extending the minds powers to improve the quality of our lives. Like Daniel Golemans Emotional Intelligence, it combines insight and application.