Perception

How can we see clearly now?

“Mask,” clay and wool 1955 5”x4” Aviva Rahmani

When I taught drawing, I taught it as dance: center yourself from the base of your spine, breathe. Defocus your eyes and hold the tool you will use lightly in your hand. Let your perception come from your whole body and trust your eyes to honestly witness space. Enter the space between you and your subject with all your senses alert. Before you touch your surface with your soul’s eye, give up anything you think you know.

Today, we are told black is white. White is black. War is peace. Peace is placebo. We are assured that AI will do all our perception for us. Reality, however, doesn’t do well with masks and blinkers. I think I have always known that but never wanted to see the knowledge behind the masks.