ʀᴇ-ᴠɪᴇᴡɪɴɢ ᴠɪꜱᴜᴀʟ ʟɪᴛᴇʀᴀᴄʏ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ “ʙᴀɪɴ ᴅ’ ɪᴍᴀɢᴇꜱ” ᴇʀᴀ ʙʏ ᴍᴀʀɪᴀ ᴅ. ᴀᴠɢᴇʀɪɴᴏᴜ

To begin, while reading through this article, the first thing that caught my attention was when Author Avgerinou asked, “Does a fish know it is wet’? She stated this when relating to people’s unexpected immunity against the epidemic visuality of contemporary expressions of culture. My understanding of this was: that many people are so immersed in the visual culture of our contemporary society/world that they may not even realize or question the extent to which they are influenced by it. Images, visual media, and videos surround our society all day every day. We are so absorbed in this visual culture that we don't even recognize or consider how much this impacts our behavior, perspectives, and thoughts. Avgerinou makes an important observation about the prevalence of images in our modern world. Just because we constantly are surrounded by these visuals, does not automatically mean that faculty, administrators, students, and or anyone should somehow possess advanced skills in understanding and interpreting visual information. It is critical that we as a society make sure we continue to educate ourselves and the youth on the development of visual literacy skills

. These cannot just be assumed, instead should be acquired through deliberate practice and learning. The demand for VL training has become urgent and educators need to take systematic steps to incorporate VL into their teaching. Verbal-oriented and left-brained education (which promotes linear and logical thinking) has failed to address essential skills like creative thinking and problem-solving. Avgerinou basically is trying to portray that developing VL is essential for students to better understand and interact with the contemporary world and the rapidly changing environment.