Nov 28 2008
On Seeing Deeply
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”
–Henry David Thoreau
When you look at something, do you assume that you see the same thing as the next person? I am here to challenge that assumption. When most people look at the Grand Canyon, they see majesty on a large scale. When I look at the gran canyon, I see fine lines of sediment left by the years. I see the color of the rocks at my feet. I see the gnarled scraggly evergreen trees clinging to the canyon walls.
Is what you see better than what I see? No! Nor is what I see better than your view. We look at the same thing, but we see different things. One sees the large, overall picture, one sees the minute details. Without one, the other could not exist, for one is the components of the whole.
Look, and see. Whatever you see, it is a discovery to see - even if you have seen it before, and will see it again and again.
