I’ve used Obsidian for several years for my note-taking. I love the graph view, bidirectional linking, and its plain-text philosophy. For some time, however, something has been nagging me: its primary source of content is typing words, and a lot of them. Recently, I fixed this by pairing my Obsidian account with a local AI image generator. I’m not talking about dropping in stock photos or copy-pasting content from Midjourney or Leonardo.ai. I mean generating images directly tied to my notes that live locally, privately, and yes, without a subscription. The result is a PKM (personal knowledge management) workflow that finally feels like it lives in both sides of my brain. OS Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, iPadOS Developer Dynalist Inc. Why visuals matter in your Obsidian note-taking system The science behind combining images and text in your notes I am not a purely verbal thinker, despite writing for most of my professional life. When I’m mapping out a complex project, building a character for a story, or trying to internalize an abstract concept, a …