Images were first made to conjure up the appearances of something that was absent. (It may be, for example, that Sheila is one figure among twenty but for our own reasons she is the one we have eyes for.)
Yet, although every image embodies a way of seeing, our perception or appreciation of an image depends also upon our own way of seeing. The painter's way of seeing is reconstituted by the marks he makes on the canvas or paper. The photographer's way of seeing is reflected in his choice of subject. This is true even in the most casual family snapshot. Every time we look at a photograph, we are aware, however slightly, of the photographer selecting that sight from an infinity of other possible sights. For photographs are not, as is often assumed, a mechanical record. It is an appearance, or a set of appearances, which has been detached from the place and time in which it first made its appearance and preserved - for a few moments or a few centuries.
In the sense in which we use the word in this book, all images are man-made.Īn image is a sight which has been recreated or reproduced. And often dialogue is an attempt to verbalize this - an attempt to explain how, either metaphorically or literally, 'you see things', and an attempt to discover how 'he sees things'. The reciprocal nature of vision is more fundamental than that of spoken dialogue. If we accept that we can see that hill over there, we propose that from that hill we can be seen. The eye of the other combines with our own eye to make it fully credible that we are part of the visible world. Soon after we can see, we are aware that we can also be seen. Our vision is continually active, continually moving, continually holding things in a circle around itself, constituting what is present to us as we are. (Close your eyes, move round the room and notice how the faculty of touch is like a static, limited form of sight.) We never look at just one thing we are always looking at the relation between things and ourselves. To touch something is to situate oneself in relation to it. As a result of this act, what we see is brought within our reach - though not necessarily within arm's reach. (It can only be thought of in this way if one isolates the small part of the process which concerns the eye's retina.) We only see what we look at. Yet this seeing which comes before words, and can never be quite covered by them, is not a question of mechanically reacting to stimuli. When in love, the sight of the beloved has a completeness which no words and no embrace can match : a completeness which only the act of making love can temporarily accommodate. Nevertheless their idea of Hell owed a lot to the sight of fire consuming and the ashes remaining - as well as to their experience of the pain of burns. In the Middle Ages when men believed in the physical existence of Hell the sight of fire must have meant something different from what it means today. Taxes, fees not included for deals content.The way we see things is affected by what we know or what we believe. If you have any questions or suggestions regarding this matter, you are welcome to contact our customer support team.īusinessYab is not a booking agent, and does not charge any service fees to users of our site.īusinessYab is not responsible for content on external web sites. The brand names, logos, images and texts are the property of these third parties and their respective owners. BusinessYab cannot be held responsible or liable for the accuracy, correctness, usefulness or reliability of the data. The content displayed in the BusinessYab Directory consists of information from third parties, among others from publicly accessible sources, or from customers, who have a presentation page in our directory. © 2023 All Rights reserved.Īt BusinessYab our purpose is to help people find great local businesses like dentists, hair stylists, restaurants, bars, hotels, local businesses.
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