It has been my great privilege to teach The Art of Perception for fourteen years. In doing so, I have spoken with and written to thousands of people from around the world about their experiences with art, observation, perception, and communication. Since some of these conversations took place years before this book was even an idea, since my wonderful program participants didn’t plan on being part of this book when they signed up for my class, and since many of my interviewees have extremely sensitive jobs, I have changed the names and identifying details of most of the people whose stories appear in this book to protect their privacy. Any resulting resemblances to persons living or dead are entirely coincidental and unintentional. Visual Intelligence is a work of nonfiction. All stories are recounted as they happened or were told to me, subject to the limitations of memory. I couldn’t fact-check all of the personal stories people told me, but I included only those I believed to be true.
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