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AI Speeds Everything Up, Except Understanding
Visuals are your antidote to AI overwhelm.
Eva from 📚 👁️ 💬
June 03, 2025
Hello, Visual Communicators! 👋
If you’ve ever needed to untangle a messy thought, this space is for you.
Lately, I’ve noticed just how much AI-generated content is flooding our feeds and workspaces. It’s overwhelming, and you’re not imagining it.
In this issue:
🧘 Mindful Design: AI Needs Supervision, You Need a Pen
💡 Inspiration: A quote that explains everything
🌍 Real World: Chefs who draw!
Let’s dive in!
🧘 Mindful Design
AI Needs Supervision, You Need a Pen ✍️
AI is drowning us in information.
AI has been raising a lot of big questions - about potential job loss, misinformation, authenticity, security, ethics, and power. But there’s one issue that’s gone under the radar:
AI requires supervision.
Let me explain.
First off, AI can’t be trusted entirely.
As someone who’s designed AI-driven products, I’ve seen this up close.
It’s not evil - it’s indifferent. It doesn’t understand context, nuance, or truth. It can hallucinate facts, misrepresent sources, and confidently make things up. That’s why it always needs a human in the loop.
Additionally, AI generates content faster than we can process it. We still need time to filter, cross-check, refine, and make sense of what it gives us so make good decisions. Sometimes we even need to discuss what it generates with others.
We’re not just drowning in information - we’re burning out!
In fact, 77% of professionals say AI has increased their workload, not reduced it.
AI doesn’t eliminate work - it generates more of it. And it still relies on us to make the final call.
Drowning in data? Grab a pencil
This is where drawing comes in.
Not as art, but as a tool for thinking. When we draw we:
make abstract thoughts concrete
engage our brains more deeply
create new connections
Even Forbes calls visual communication essential for reducing information overload - especially in knowledge-heavy roles.
And it’s not just a nice-to-have - 92% of leaders now expect visual communication skills from their teams - not to make things pretty, but to make things clear.
When information overload hits, visuals become decision tools.
Draw to make sense of complexity
Research shows that visualization supports better decision-making.
When AI floods us with options, we reach for a pen.
It can’t think for us - and that’s exactly our advantage.
What’s one idea that’s been swimming in your head that deserves a visual?
Wondering how to bring your ideas to life visually?
Schedule a free session or hit reply.
No pressure. Why not?
💡 Insight
Getting information off the internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.
🌍 Real World
Chefs who draw 🧑🍳
Drawing by Chef Grant Achatz
Did you know some chefs draw for work?
I didn’t, until I watched The Bear, a fast-paced U.S. drama about a young chef. In one scene, he shares beautiful drawings of his culinary ideas to his sous chef.
I looked it up and it turns out that some do. Check out the sketches 👉 here.👈
At his New York restaurant, Gem, chef Flynn McGarry uses drawing to work through a dish before cooking it, figuring out how to cut, place and arrange the elements of each culinary creation. Drawing helps him visualize and solve problems long before the plate ever hits the table.
“Drawing is a way to start my brain working.”
This practice isn't unique to McGarry. Many chefs sketch their dishes to plan plating, including renowned chefs like Grant Achatz, Dominique Crenn, Ferran Adrià, and Sergio Herman.
They all use drawing as part of their creative process - sketching dishes to explore structure, composition, and emotion before they ever plate. Their notebooks and visual plans are essential tools, not afterthoughts.
Just for kicks: try drawing a meal, before or after it’s been plated. Don’t have time? Try quick sketching a piece of fruit or a favorite treat.
Got ideas on how I can improve your experience? Have questions or comments?
Just hit reply, I respond to every email.
💛 Thanks for reading!
It's always a joy to have you here.
Stay tuned for more insights, tips, and visual tools.
Until then, keep creating, clarifying, and communicating visually.
Eva 📚👁️💬
Designer | Coach | Founder
The Visual Voice