Visual rhetoric is an essential part of life! It is so important to our relationship that it has been named body language when talking about 2 people. It has been said that 80% of what people say has nothing to do with what they say, and completely to do with body language. I know that personally, when I'm talking with a girl that I'm interested in, vs when I'm talking with a girl that that I'm not interested in, I may say the exact same words to both of them, but the message I'm trying to send to them is completely different. Honestly, I'm pretty sure that the only time I'm not using visual rhetoric is when I'm sleeping. However, even then, the fact that I'm laying on my bed covered in my blanket and my eyes are closed sends a very visual message that I should not be disturbed for anything short of a life threatening natural disaster. If someone does happen to disturb my rest, then they are likely to get a much more close up view of my visual rhetoric as I get in their face, or chase them out of the room. Basically, I guess what I'm trying to saw is that visual rhetoric is extremely important and it takes place so much in our daily lives without us ever realizing it. I think the question we should be asking is: How much of our visual rhetoric do we actually do on purpose?
Finally, not only do we use visual rhetoric ourselves, but we are the recipients of TONS of visual rhetoric. Billboards are everywhere with their witty messages and bright colors trying to attract the attention of all those who pass by. In addition, since the creation of the internet, there have been pop-ups and ads that have tried to draw away our attention from whatever it is we are trying to do. From this perspective, visual rhetoric is really annoying....but definitely effective if you do it right.
Hooray for visual rhetoric
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