To train the eye

I thought i was wrong once . . .





. . . then i check my data, and discovered that i wasn't.

Curious. What data did you consult to think that you was wrong then?

Re: To train the eye


It is probably possible but not, in my opinion, desirable. In order to see something as beautiful it is often necessary to remove it from its immediate context, and I'm not sure that's always a good idea. I'm reminded of those romanticized monologues from American Beauty where Ricky is waxing poetic about how beauty can be found everywhere if you just look hard enough--"look closer" is the movie's tagline--and one of his examples is the frozen corpse of a homeless woman. And there's that look of awed reverence he gives as he's gazing at the bloody head of Kevin Spacey. To me, those are compelling illustrations that the search for beauty at all costs might not be the enlightening and liberating quest it is sometimes made to look like.