This is a great way of looking at the use of illustrations. It is also convicting. Illustrations and Interest: by Peter Meede Illustrations are an interesting subject. Actually, my concern is that often illustrations are seen as the source of interest in a message. Therefore the best speakers, that is, the most interesting, are those who seem to be a repository of well-researched illustrations. But here’s my concern – do we rely on illustrations to be interesting? Let’s say, for argument’s sake, that we are relying on illustrations to be interesting. What does this imply? Does it imply that really