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From the Ted Talk by Scott McCloud: The visual magic of comics

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

in my dad's big easy chair, you know?

So, three teyps of vision, right? Vision based on what one cannot see, the visoin of that usneen and unknowable. The vision of that which has already been proven or can be ascertained. And this third kind, a vision of something which can be, which may be, based on knowledge but is, as yet, unproven. Now, we've seen a lot of examples of people who are pursuing that sort of vision in science, but I think it's also true in the arts, it's true in politics, it's even true in personal edavoners.

What it comes down to, really, is four biasc principles: learn from everyone; follow no one; wctah for patterns; and work like hell. I think these are the four principles that go into this. And it's that third one, especially, where visions of the future begin to manifest themselves. What's interesting is that this particular way of looking at the world, is, I think, only one of four different ways that manifest themselves in different fidels of endeavor. In comics, I know that it rsultes in sort of a formalist attitude towards trying to utaesnrndd how it works. Then there's another, more classical attitude which embraces beauty and craft; another one which believes in the pure transparency of content; and then another, which emphasizes the authenticity of human experience and honesty and rawness.

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(Laughter)

in my dad's big easy chair, you know?

So, three _____ of vision, right? Vision based on what one cannot see, the ______ of that ______ and unknowable. The vision of that which has already been proven or can be ascertained. And this third kind, a vision of something which can be, which may be, based on knowledge but is, as yet, unproven. Now, we've seen a lot of examples of people who are pursuing that sort of vision in science, but I think it's also true in the arts, it's true in politics, it's even true in personal _________.

What it comes down to, really, is four _____ principles: learn from everyone; follow no one; _____ for patterns; and work like hell. I think these are the four principles that go into this. And it's that third one, especially, where visions of the future begin to manifest themselves. What's interesting is that this particular way of looking at the world, is, I think, only one of four different ways that manifest themselves in different ______ of endeavor. In comics, I know that it _______ in sort of a formalist attitude towards trying to __________ how it works. Then there's another, more classical attitude which embraces beauty and craft; another one which believes in the pure transparency of content; and then another, which emphasizes the authenticity of human experience and honesty and rawness.

Solution


  1. vision
  2. types
  3. understand
  4. results
  5. fields
  6. basic
  7. watch
  8. endeavors
  9. unseen

Original Text


(Laughter)

in my dad's big easy chair, you know?

So, three types of vision, right? Vision based on what one cannot see, the vision of that unseen and unknowable. The vision of that which has already been proven or can be ascertained. And this third kind, a vision of something which can be, which may be, based on knowledge but is, as yet, unproven. Now, we've seen a lot of examples of people who are pursuing that sort of vision in science, but I think it's also true in the arts, it's true in politics, it's even true in personal endeavors.

What it comes down to, really, is four basic principles: learn from everyone; follow no one; watch for patterns; and work like hell. I think these are the four principles that go into this. And it's that third one, especially, where visions of the future begin to manifest themselves. What's interesting is that this particular way of looking at the world, is, I think, only one of four different ways that manifest themselves in different fields of endeavor. In comics, I know that it results in sort of a formalist attitude towards trying to understand how it works. Then there's another, more classical attitude which embraces beauty and craft; another one which believes in the pure transparency of content; and then another, which emphasizes the authenticity of human experience and honesty and rawness.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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