Adding VISUAL Context to an Illustration

6/18/2026

Illustration from LinkedIn

I saw a LinkedIn illustration of a picture frame and a string of connected lightbulbs. This struck me as a powerful metaphor of a "visual shared with everyone" framed picture and a connect string of lightbulb. Those lightbulbs ("thinking work behind the visual") illustrated how any given presentation is often the product of a lot of previous attempts with lessons learned.

On the opposite side of that picture frame is what I hope that I can bring to this illustration. In the following section, I am hoping to add some context to what can happen immediately after an idea is presented. In order to accomplish this, I am using this modern (web-based) platform to illustrate what happens when a "vision shared with everyone" gets shared with the right person.

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This illustration builds off the Maria Cornitel illustration (on the right) and my added context (on the left).

My addition includes portrays a modern professional that (after seeing the "visual shared with everyone" framed picture) and a QR Code that can electronically share this idea with any connected digital technology, including the device currently being used to read this article.