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Kim,
It is pretty nifty that our brains can do so many complicated things so quickly.
I think the reason we are able to read that paragraph is because our brain is instantly evaluating the next word possibilities based on the "context" of those words it has successfully deciphered. Once it discovers the jest, and probable direction of the sentence, it can go into a mode of "reasonable expectation" as to what the next word should-could-might be. And with the paradigm that it instantly constructs it can just fill in the blanks or ignore the mistakes.
But still it is a sequential process, unlike the gestalt which we experience when we process a painting. The sum of all is presented instantly for the eye to take in. I think the artist can have a lot of control over where the eye begins it's journey, and how the eye proceeds through the experience. But I don't think we approach this kind of visual material from any preprogrammed direction.
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Mike McCarty
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