A SPURT OF AN IDEA.
Ideas, opinions, views, beliefs.
Sometimes all of these is merely out of perspective. How we see one thing.
Perspective, in the English language, can be described in the context of vision and visual perception. It is simply the way in which our eye recognizes objects based on several factors.
IN the graphic arts, it is the representation on a surface of an image that is ‘seen’ by the eye.
And in the theory of cognition, perspective is a choice. Many scholars argue if it is the actual choice or the result of this choice that can be called perspective. In any case, it allows for a value and a belief system to influence how we view, analyze, and think about a certain topic, person or thing.
Here are some thoughts to ponder:
Ideas, opinions, views, beliefs.
Sometimes all of these is merely out of perspective. How we see one thing.
Perspective, in the English language, can be described in the context of vision and visual perception. It is simply the way in which our eye recognizes objects based on several factors.
IN the graphic arts, it is the representation on a surface of an image that is ‘seen’ by the eye.
And in the theory of cognition, perspective is a choice. Many scholars argue if it is the actual choice or the result of this choice that can be called perspective. In any case, it allows for a value and a belief system to influence how we view, analyze, and think about a certain topic, person or thing.
Here are some thoughts to ponder:
Bias and impartiality is in the eye of the beholder. (Lord Barnett)
Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye. (Samuel Johnson)
The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective. (Al Neuharth)
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. (Abraham H. Maslow)
You are only as wise as others perceive you to be. (M. Shawn Cole)
A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes. (Gotthold Ephraim Lessing)
Another way of looking at it is by “looking at it” (physically).
This most original idea by photographer Boris Kahl was realized by simply….looking at the sky, rather, where parts of it can be seen set against the many skyscrapers of the city.
He calls the project TYPE THE SKY, now published as a book, featuring all 26 letters from the alphabet, with the addition of the punctuations “?” and “!”.
So the next time you are affronted by a certain situation, it would help if you take a moment to ask yourself, “Is this the only of looking at it?”
Who knows, you just might realize the world wasn’t-square isn’t round after all.
