Chapter 6
Observation: Eyes Wide Open
HOW WE SEE
Seeing is an act of perception that helps us to ascertain, experience, learn, and understand our world. It is an individual skill that is conditioned by our cultural standards, education, and physical anatomy. Western industrialized society depends on literacy to function. To be fully functional, it is necessary to be able to decipher messages that have been put into a written code or language. When dealing with images, another skill set is necessary to interpret the coded information, and we need to learn this language to be visually literate.
Literacy
Literacy is based on the quality and quantity of our stored information, yet at times we are reluctant to learn to read new images. Complacency ...
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