Visual literacy is a good way to writing

Maya script and Chinese script are quite old methods to record something. In the reading material, Maya writing is most well-known because its decipherment attracts lots of people’s attention. They are unique visual literacy and are the simplest way to record what happened in ancient time.

There is no doubt that recent we still sometimes use this kind approach to start writing. My experience is a good example, usually before I start writing I will have brainstorm. It helps me get some ideas and examples to illustrate the questions. Also, I write them down on a piece of paper and draw a draft because by this, I can find the relationship or connection between each point and example. This visual staff is like the Maya script because both of them could be regarded as writing.

However, this visual literacy sometimes makes people confused since it just shows the roughly outline of its meaning. It means that some specific information can not be presented on it. Crucially, some missed details are actually important information to translate interpret the writing, especially when archaeologist translates the ancient scripts.