Variability in the Space of Image Characteristics Through the Prism of Current Interpretations

People of all ages, creeds, and nationalities around the world live their daily lives, constantly interacting with the environment using sensory systems. We use our five senses regularly and continuously because they are vital to our survival. It is our sensory receptors thatanalyze the surroundings and report back to our brains this information which then helps us navigate the world. Needless to say, because we rely so heavily on our sensory perception, it is largely what shapes our reality or at least our understanding of it. Therefore, we react quicker and more enthusiastically to something that is recognized by our neurons and sensory memory.Thus, in a text that uses imagery to convey some sort of information, that information is much more likely to be received, memorized, and learned by the reader or listener. Imagery is an integral part of our language today. The story of language started with primitive people carving images in the caves to tell a story. Then, in such languages as Chinese, the individual images slowly began to morph into the hieroglyphs, as we know them. Moreover, the letters themselves could once also be recognized as specific images. In literature, however, imagery is usually much more elevated in style and much less trite than in daily speech. Authors strive to devise imagery that is both new (so that it sparks interest) and familiar (so that it is more or less easily recognizable and comprehensible) at the same time. In addition, writers can use various images that are already deeply ingrained in their culture with different intentions: either to go against the norm and use them in a completely unexpected way or the opposite – to underline the connection with one culture or another.