REFLECTION- VISUALIZATION

1. CHALLENGE

In my case, I can clearly imagine something, think of a solution in my mind, think of different  ways to achieve a goal, to solve a problem or improve a product, I can even imagine a new  world, but when the time comes to transform my thoughts so that they are understandable to  different people, the fact that everything I imagine must stop being abstract and become  something concrete becomes hard work for me; because I must initiate a process in which  my purpose is to visualize the whole scenario, I must begin to discern and codify the  information, begin to separate relevant information from that which is not, this means a  challenge for me, since in my opinion every single detail is important, I am a perfectionist  person, therefore, I focus too much on the small details, although I recognize that what for  me can be decisive is not really very practical.

My personal challenge is more than discerning, it is to express the information in a coherent  and understandable way for all types of public, my challenge is to express my idea in a clear  way so as not to give room for ambiguities. It is to take into account 100% the user, to foresee  that what I project in a visual way meets their expectations, fulfills their needs, and becomes  really useful when looking for a practical and useful solution to the problem posed.

2. SELECTION

Visualization in my opinion is one of the most useful and important tools we have in design,  and in general in the world, the power to visualize is a skill that we should learn to develop  from an early age, in schools should treat visualization as one of the most important skills to  enhance from the youngest ages. Visualization being such a useful tool is often not used,  people are often unaware of the great power that visualization has to share ideas, views and  opinions, unaware that it is a great tool to find solutions to problems of different kinds, serves  to solve a problem from elementary school to solve a problem in a large company.

In my opinion when visualizing, imagining and creating thousands of ideas in a few minutes  is one of the most beautiful skills of the human being, imagining unlocks a new part of the  brain, allows us to think beyond what we believe possible, expands our world, leaves us  without limits, which causes for the same reason that the result of imagining gives us endless  possibilities; for example in the case of wanting to find a solution using imagination offers  us new and different possibilities that we probably had not contemplated, which then through  visualization we will be able to express accurately to others.

For me visualization is one of the ways, if not the most successful way to share thoughts, it  is also a form of language, the visual language by which, in my opinion, we communicate in  a faster, more efficient and adequate way, this is why brands use logos to identify themselves  and draw the attention of their customers and potential customers as well, usually using bright  colors or logos very easy to differentiate. On the other hand, visualization is also one of the  best ways to learn, this thanks to the fact that through visualization we can synthesize  knowledge, this is because in the imagination is where we create our thoughts, we organize  an image that in a certain way captures what we have learned, which we then store it.

3. APPLICATION

At the moment in which a person with a problem (I) decides to visualize it, he decides with  his imagination to project a mental reality for his problem and with it to try to understand a  little better what happens, he begins to see in the aspects that a solution can be found, with  this he has a much broader perspective and can achieve a more concrete and accurate  approach on the events and data that can be relevant to reach the solution of his problem, in  his imagination thanks to the visualization begin to create various and abundant possibilities  that can serve as a solution, the advantage of the same person (I) to analyze his own problem  is that it has details that would be difficult to believe that they are important but become  crucial, because it has all its life information, which in the long run somehow will help; after  obtaining all the possibilities begins the process of discernment to be able to know which are  viable and functional and which ultimately would not work, after this you must start your  own sketch or prototype of how the problem would be solved with the previously selected  possibilities and finally you must create that solution and apply it.

The previous process is the one that I have applied during my life without knowing that it  was visualization and that from now on I will do consciously, it is also the process that could  be used by any person or company, the company with the difference that each person must  make the visualization with a real and understandable sketch to share it.

4. INSIGHT & APPROACH

Visualization, being so useful, becomes an infallible tool when solving a problem, when we  want to communicate an idea and then capture it to understand it, in a problem visualizing

helps us from visualizing the same problem to understand it better, as it helps us to understand  the different perspectives, in addition to the possible solutions that can be thought, visualizing  although often is not the easiest, makes our life easier in many processes and is totally good  to grasp, understand and synthesize relevant information, it can even help us to see data  beyond that can be useful.

Visualization, having a direct relationship with the imagination, allows us to express  ourselves and think without limits, it allows us to explore and look for possibilities  everywhere and in every way. Therefore, with the passage of time and mastering this will  allow us to reach an innovative idea in a simpler way, since it collapses our limiting barriers  opening the doors to what we do not know, which can be reflected, as I said above in an  innovative idea.

Andrea Forero

August 2021

