how to change what We see to art

Seeing is privileged compared to talking, children know how to see things right after they were born, then they recognize, and finally they talk, or say, speak.

There is another fact that has shown us that seeing is much advanced than talking: we see while we are mixed with the surroundings, but when we use language to describe the world, we are actually surrounded by the world but not in it. The relationship between the world we see and the world we know is yet to be decided.

Every afternoon, we see the sun sets, and at the same time we know that the earth is moving away from the sun, but all the knowledge can’t be perfectly combined with the world we see. The key of dreams by surrealist painter Magritte describes the irresistible gap between language and sight. 

The knowledge and beliefs we have will influence the way we see the world. People in middle ages believe that the hell is tangible, so the fire they see must have a totally different meaning from it is today. However the conceptions they have about the hell not only relate to the miserable burning experience but also the memory of the dashes of fire.

However seeing is not a kind of mechanical stimulus and response. We only see things that we look at. Staring is a matter of choice, to some extend. The choice bring the things we see within reach—although it is without reach of hands. The way we connect an object with ourselves is a process of building a relationship. What we look at is not the object itself but the relationship between us. Our sight is searching, moving, catching and building the scene that we see.

Then we will soon realize that we can be seen by the surroundings too. This realization tells us the fact that we are, without doubt, a part of the world.

For example, if we see a hill, we may suggest that the hill can see us too. The communication of sights is much more natural than language, which is always an explanation, tries to “paraphrase” how you, I and everybody else see things.

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