2012-06-11T17:54:51-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/visual/ http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/8390 2012-06-11T17:54:51-05:00 We are wired for visual imagery. An image can express – in a fraction of a second – a mood, a truth, or just an enticement to keep reading a text article. Use them constantly! Creative commons (i.e. broadly free to use) images can be found through an advanced image search at Google or Flickr. There are also many other sources of free photos, graphics and icons, including Bible images. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/2559 2010-09-13T16:48:24-05:00 here are three varied videos that demonstrate the power of the visual in different ways: 1. The Resurrection Sunday Dance, performed by a flash-mob (all members of one church) in Budapest last Easter... http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/2533 2010-09-09T14:35:19-05:00 There are two communication truths which trump everything else: 'story' and 'visual'. We learn and remember far more, when it is presented visually and includes elements of narrative story. Watch two video clips... http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/2299 2010-08-10T12:49:08-05:00 There is a remarkable revival in the ancient skill of storytelling. For thousands of years, societies have valued those with the gifts to 'spin a yarn'. In the West, there are many amateur storytelling groups, and even some professional storytellers. I have sat completely entranced in the storytelling tent of a local summer festival. Listen to a 30-minute BBC radio program about the art of storytelling (only online till 16 August). Storytelling is a wonderful skill to learn, and hugely valuable for any form of evangelism or Christian communication. http://internetevangelismday.com/christian-artists.php 2010-08-07T18:18:28-05:00 The Web and the digital media are changing everything! It is not only that we have one more medium to use. This new medium is also transforming the way people think and communicate. For about 500 years after the invention of the printing press, we were living in a ‘print communication culture’. Then, from around 1950, radio and TV placed us in a ‘broadcast communication culture’. Now from the Millennium onwards, we are moving into a ‘digital communication culture’. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/2148 2010-08-04T17:55:57-05:00 “The soul never thinks without a picture” – Aristotle. In other words, most of us find it very hard to understand abstract truth unless it is presented to us as a picture. In the street, or on our computer desktops, we look for the logo of the product we seek, be it a SubWay sandwich or a computer program, rather than the written equivalent.