“We’ve tried it before” is a poor excuse, of course. The theory angle holds both some better excuses for not getting our hopes up and possibly some clues on how

“We’ve tried it before” is a poor excuse, of course. The theory angle holds both some better excuses for not getting our hopes up and possibly some clues on how to get there. We’ve got to avoid taking text for granted. Basically put, the adaptability, precision, fastidiousness, accessibility, etc. of the written word makes the modern world possible. Phonetic type is far and wide the greatest communication interface known to man. I work with a lot of node-based softwares doing CGI and post-production work. A few of the daily softwares I use have a small editor in the bottom corner of the GUI. The node interfaces are very useful and hard to live without. I agree that, when doing visually-based work, it feels very off to have to stop what I’m doing and so scripting. It feels like a vastly different mode of the mind. But, as I’ve gotten better at scripting, (still not great) I have noticed that when I have a visual idea with no implementation, it can be a good time to start building it with a script. I have roughed put some 3D scenes in scripts from the start and found this to be a totally different experience than the stop and change modes issue. I can’t argue for it’s productivity level, and I don’t know what the value of this observation is, but I honestly enjoy working this way when I do it. It’s as if my visual sensory system is relaxed and my imagination is utilized more. The ideas are parameterized rather than experienced. This does not happen with node interfaces, which actually introduce an extra visual experience. I am just babbling at this point, but these observations feel relevant. I do not, however, know what kinds of conclusions to draw from them.