had, by extending the visual power to the uniform organization 
of time and space, psychically and socially, conferred the power 
of detachment and noninvolvement.

     The visual sense when extended by phonetic literacy 
fosters the analytic habit of perceiving the single facet in the 
life of forms. The visual power enables us to isolate the single 
incident in time and space, as in representational art. In visual 
representation of a person or an object, a single phase or 
moment or aspect is separated from the multitude of known 
and felt phases, moments and aspects of the person or object. 
By contrast, iconographic art uses the eye as we use our hand 
in seeking to create an inclusive image, made up of many 
moments, phases, and aspects of the person or thing. Thus 
the iconic mode is not visual representation, nor the 
specialization of visual stress as defined by viewing from a