10-20-2013, 09:35 PM
Hi good link - interesting article. Thanks for posting.
Addressing you next thought, I would have to say that I disagree with the notion that there is an essential element of passivity. I would say open is a good description but this I perceive is done in an active and engaged way as opposed to passive. For me I feel that there is an active "seeker" aspect to my perceptions. (Admittedly there are occasions when I am surprised by an image...and there is real joy in these discoveries and revelations), but the basis of seeing is in having eyes to see. (If you can forgive the blatant religious connection here). I believe in the aspect of beauty (or revulsion for that matter)it is in the eye of the beholder. An image that is all good and admirable to me might be a complete turn off for another. I find I am drawn to the little details often in my perception of beauty. So for example for me individual stones set in a concrete floor has often held me captivated with thoughts about where that stone has come from and what forces formed its shape and colour what story it would tell...I don't think concrete is boring or ugly.
So in short I don't think that objects reveal themselves as charged with meaning,I think that they are, and they do not find me...I think it is more a case of meeting up and making acquaintance with new friends and finding new depths in old friends.
Addressing you next thought, I would have to say that I disagree with the notion that there is an essential element of passivity. I would say open is a good description but this I perceive is done in an active and engaged way as opposed to passive. For me I feel that there is an active "seeker" aspect to my perceptions. (Admittedly there are occasions when I am surprised by an image...and there is real joy in these discoveries and revelations), but the basis of seeing is in having eyes to see. (If you can forgive the blatant religious connection here). I believe in the aspect of beauty (or revulsion for that matter)it is in the eye of the beholder. An image that is all good and admirable to me might be a complete turn off for another. I find I am drawn to the little details often in my perception of beauty. So for example for me individual stones set in a concrete floor has often held me captivated with thoughts about where that stone has come from and what forces formed its shape and colour what story it would tell...I don't think concrete is boring or ugly.
So in short I don't think that objects reveal themselves as charged with meaning,I think that they are, and they do not find me...I think it is more a case of meeting up and making acquaintance with new friends and finding new depths in old friends.