The lost art of seeing

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Our senses have become bombarded by floods of images a day, forcing us to look at grids of images within a split second through a frame the size of our mobile phone screens.  Our eyes now process hundreds of images a day, every time demanding our minds to make quick judgements about these images – I like, I don’t like – this is good, this is bad – comment or ignore.

 

In a way, I feel like we have lost our ability to really see, to contemplate, to sense a deep connection between an image and our own feelings and experiences.  I therefore challenge you to find a painting, a drawing, a photo, an image, and look at that same image every day, for several weeks.  What you see might change over the course of the weeks.  Maybe during the fifth week you will really begin to see something.  That moment, is when true understanding happens.  What did you see?  How did you feel?  How do they reflect your own desires, fears, relationships, experiences and current state of being?  Ultimately, it is not about what is in the image, or whether it is good or not, it is about what you see.  That thing that you see is your truth. @irecruzyah

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