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Shall we take a moment to discuss vision?
When artists begin their craft, they begin with an interesting conundrum: their first task relearning to see. The world is so full of stimulus to take in, make sense of, and formulate a response to that most of us don't bother to really look at things, the way they fit together, the way they are. Our brains take in enough information that we can adequately manipulate the environment around us in whatever way is needed at the moment, and beyond that we simply take in the most basic information about our subject and move on. Thus, an artist in training must take time to cultivate an artists' eye; to look and see things the way they truly appear, in a way which may seem counterintuitive to what we actually know is there. Perspective, for instance. Theoretically, we know that a skyscraper remains a constant shape as it rises. But our perspective means that as we look up, the building appears to narrow as it climbs. Roads, paths, rivers... the same situation.
What an object appears to be may not be what it actually is. Once we learn to look at things closely enough to see their illusions, we can represent then in a way that speaks better to others of what a thing actually is - a cityscape, a building, a work of art.
Interesting, isn't it? How sometimes what is literally true does not always speak to what we actually see.
Statement: it's generally worth the time to pause and take a closer look at what we accept for granted.
Would you agree or disagree?
Roxas→
Would you care to come over for dinner at some point?
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Lexaeus→
If things go well, the Key of Light may be darkening our doorstep in the near future.
Shall we take a moment to discuss vision?
When artists begin their craft, they begin with an interesting conundrum: their first task relearning to see. The world is so full of stimulus to take in, make sense of, and formulate a response to that most of us don't bother to really look at things, the way they fit together, the way they are. Our brains take in enough information that we can adequately manipulate the environment around us in whatever way is needed at the moment, and beyond that we simply take in the most basic information about our subject and move on. Thus, an artist in training must take time to cultivate an artists' eye; to look and see things the way they truly appear, in a way which may seem counterintuitive to what we actually know is there. Perspective, for instance. Theoretically, we know that a skyscraper remains a constant shape as it rises. But our perspective means that as we look up, the building appears to narrow as it climbs. Roads, paths, rivers... the same situation.
What an object appears to be may not be what it actually is. Once we learn to look at things closely enough to see their illusions, we can represent then in a way that speaks better to others of what a thing actually is - a cityscape, a building, a work of art.
Interesting, isn't it? How sometimes what is literally true does not always speak to what we actually see.
Statement: it's generally worth the time to pause and take a closer look at what we accept for granted.
Would you agree or disagree?
Roxas→
Would you care to come over for dinner at some point?
-
Lexaeus→
If things go well, the Key of Light may be darkening our doorstep in the near future.