Monday, January 02, 2012

theory of perception

Our own body is in the world as the heart is in the organism. Our own body keeps the visible spectacle constantly alive. Our body breathes life into what we see.
It's a system.
Maurice Merleau-Ponty

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

what a perfect beginning to my day today.

Penny Berens said...

And some of us have refined that 'system' better than others!

Velma Bolyard said...

i love this: a system. pay attention, nurture, don't fret... and nourish. pay attention.

Velma Bolyard said...

did i say, pay attention?

henrietta (aka ani aka zani) said...

a system where we find balance in contrast and compliment, nature and imitation, focus and reflection. the cloth journal brings this to the center. the colors are what lays outside under the snow waiting for the sun - but it's all there.

Anonymous said...

"our own body keeps the visible spectacle constantly alive" - what poetry! I like the way the pictures go from inner world to outer world to the window between the worlds, making the words come alive with your images.

Anonymous said...

i'm breathing deeper just looking at this.

eb said...

soft
sensual
lovely
listening
to the quiet...

xox - eb.

Brenda Williams said...

Beautiful! Words & Images. And, I know I have said it before, but...I am totally in love with the journal cloth!