It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
-Antoine De Saint-Exupery
-Antoine De Saint-Exupery
My friend Jerrie Stafford, just opened a photo exhibit at Peaberry and Galette in the Keauhou Shopping Center. It's a fascinating display of human eyes and because of the way she's cropped the photos, it's difficult (if not impossible) to recognize her subjects.
I guess we're so accustomed to seeing a face in its entirety that features viewed separately, may leave us clueless as to a person's identity. What we see, is not always correct and at times we could be looking directly at the object we are looking for, and not see it.
"Seeing is believing" and "I'll believe it when I see it" are long popular mantras and so the painting above illustrates that for me: people worshipping the sense of vision. Oh, All Mighty Eye.
There is a neurological condition known as prosopagnosia which renders a person incapable of recognizing faces. I found one woman's explanation of her "ailment" very captivating. Since she cannot recall features, she relies on emotions and the sound of peoples' voices.
As we learn more about optical illusions, blind spots and color blindness, it's easier to admit that what we see, is not necessarily what we get. How do we learn to see with our hearts? Nature and the arts, I believe are logical starting places.
Jerrie's photographs will be on exhibit for another week and a half and my eyes are part of the show. See if you can find them!
I guess we're so accustomed to seeing a face in its entirety that features viewed separately, may leave us clueless as to a person's identity. What we see, is not always correct and at times we could be looking directly at the object we are looking for, and not see it.
"Seeing is believing" and "I'll believe it when I see it" are long popular mantras and so the painting above illustrates that for me: people worshipping the sense of vision. Oh, All Mighty Eye.
There is a neurological condition known as prosopagnosia which renders a person incapable of recognizing faces. I found one woman's explanation of her "ailment" very captivating. Since she cannot recall features, she relies on emotions and the sound of peoples' voices.
As we learn more about optical illusions, blind spots and color blindness, it's easier to admit that what we see, is not necessarily what we get. How do we learn to see with our hearts? Nature and the arts, I believe are logical starting places.
Jerrie's photographs will be on exhibit for another week and a half and my eyes are part of the show. See if you can find them!
Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?
-Groucho Marx
Artwork:Mandalas.com