Thought Bite - Visual Observation

The starting point of understanding, exploring, and using visual intelligence is observation.  It is about looking keenly, looking from different angles, objective, perspective. Visual observation is to collect data, observe in detail, and observe patterns, lines, shapes, designs, and textures. It is also to observe something from different angles, physical space, and to express.


Elements of VISUAL OBSERVATION

  1. Observe in detail - Observe in detail is to observe patterns, lines, shapes, size, texture, color, and designs in everything.
  2. Observe from a different perspective - Look at things from a different perspective, angels, point of view, places, situations, etc.
  3. Observe to express, narrate, and learn - To be able to observe more, collect more data and details.

What it implies? Why we need this objective?

To expand our knowledge, understanding, and collect data. To develop our
habits of observation. Observation is the raw material collection stage. Perhaps the most important stage. The more raw materials we collect the more data more we can absorb, know assimilate, analyze, etc.
To know about something in detail, to be able to learn about something, and be able to use it in detail.
To be able to play around with data (details) and able to create, understand, and learn in-depth.
To be able to redraw, rewrite, illustrate, to prove, build, arrange, plan, assemble, produce, design.
To develop our habits of observation.
To broaden the understanding about anything. To be able to scrutinize,
compare and contrast, originate, concoct, value, select, choose, judge,
appraise, recommend.
To be able to learn, To be able to understand, To be able to teach and
learn more. To be able to express, explain, demonstrate, show.

How the child exhibit?

  • Reproduce drawings, writings, actions, etc.
  • Recognizes faces, objects, shapes, colors, details, and scenes.thinks in pictures, and visualizes detail.
  • Learns with graphic representation or through visual media. Enjoys doodling, drawing, painting, sculpting, or otherwise reproducing objects
    in visible forms.
  • Combining two different things. Pondering about different ways one thing can be done, an experiment based on different observations.
  • Sees things in different ways or from "new perspectives" such as the negative space around a form as well as the form itself or detects one form "hidden" in another.
  • Perceives both obvious and subtle patterns.
  • Exhibits the ability to represent or abstract design.
  • Talk in detail, narrate in detail, share in detail, teach in detail. Uses visual images as an aid in recalling information.

How to develop?

Ask questions, spend time with objects.
Not too soon name a visual (say a truck or a costume) - but rather look into details - absorb the patterns, the arrangements, the colors used, the size and shapes of various parts of the visual, the lines and curves.
Observe any object in detail.
Spend time with any object, learning concept, etc.
Environment - Posters on Walls – bulletin board, Color cues
Use telescopes, microscopes, and binoculars, Art appreciation, Show Videos, slides, and movies
Observe various visual signs, indications in different situations, and places.
Use the senses to observe. Decode graphs, charts, maps, and diagrams.
Share details create an opportunity to talk and share in visual details. Ask
questions about any object, usage relevance, implication, etc.

Activities examples, Real Life experiences, Places where and how one creates an opportunity of exposure.

  • Observe a leaf in its many details - the lines, the shape, the shades, the curves, the texture …. collate a lot of information about the
    leaf design, features. able to (like a farmer), understand the leaf, is able to compare it with other leaves, with flower, with fruit, etc, and
    finally is able to learn a lot about it, to make decisions, to analyze visually, to apply, et al.
    Write 10 questions about any animal. Now look at the picture of that animal and write 10 more questions. Now look at animals in various situations like in the jungle, in the zoo, etc, and write 10 more questions.
  • Listening to music with details - rhythm, tune, different instruments used, voice modulations, etc
  • Observe what happens to self/friends as they go through different emotions.
  • Observes the visual signals of emotional manifestations.
  • Play with visual elements - change lines, curves, shapes, sizes, colors, arrangements, etc. For example, change the proportions of eyes - face - body.
  • Observe how a professional athlete runs a race (video).
  • Focus on the way the athlete uses her body, her legs, her hand, her head, etc.

What it is not?

  • Only reproducing any drawing, good in drawing.
  • Talk to other's thoughts or points of view. Reproducing what others have done.
  • Talk a lot.

Some Misconceptions

  • Good drawing means good visual skills. Good in drawing/ painting means to become an artist. Doing good in drawing classes means good in visual skills.
  • A DIfferent point of view is fantasy or abstract and fine with small kids, adults need to be real.
  • Talking in detail is not required.

RUBRICS

  1. I observe things around me - in visual detail (like lines, color, shape, form, patterns, design, etc
  2. When I am observing, I observe from different perspectives
  3. I narrate the details of what I observe to others

    READ ABOUT OTHER ELEMENTS of VISUAL INTELLIGENCE
    https://aarohilife.org/home/content/visual-genie-0

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