![]() The test distinguishes two types of visual thinkers: object visualisers and spatial visualisers. ![]() “We should invite them both for a discussion together!“, artist and co-curator Annelies Wina Doom suggested, and others agreed: “What a good idea, let’s make it happen!“ What kind of thinker are you?Īfter this, we moved on to a more participatory exercise: on page 19 of 'Visual Thinking' you can find a test with 18 yes/no questions which can help readers to determine what kinds of thinkers they are themselves. This quickly lead us to think of another influential autistic person concerned with ecological issues: Greta Thunberg, the famous climate activist. How does Temple Grandin think about meat consumption today?, we wondered. ![]() One thing that stood out to us was the depiction of Grandin’s relationship with animals, which prompted a discussion about how times have changed - while Grandin in her time was passionate about creating better conditions for animals in slaughterhouses, today, the general trend is clearly towards vegetarianism or even veganism. To start off the evening, we watched a part of the 2010 biopic about Temple Grandin, with Claire Danes in the leading role. Temple Grandin Temple Grandin & Greta Thunberg? ![]()
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