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Loopy Framing (March 2007) - Examines the similarities between word balloons, thought bubbles, and panel borders to reveal an essential part of human cognition. With illustrations by Tim Godek.

Visual Poetry (November 2006) - Theorizes what formal "native" visual poetry would be like, without connections to patterns from verbal poetry

Seeing Rhymes (June 2006) - Looks at the potential of visual rhymes and their practical application for visual poetry

Too Many Twos (March 2006) - Probes the "Problem of Two" – how the brain can understand two identical signals in the same context

Passing Judgment (January 2006) - Shows how intuitions can be used to determine formulate theory, and poses some examples for the reader to experiment with

In place of another (October 2005) - Discusses visual metonymy, when one thing is expressed by showing a related thing

 


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