THE OPENED EYE
Introduction Human beings make assumptions. Our biggest assumption is to think we know enough. Yet circumstances can affect us, shake us up, make us consider new sources. The extended consideration of an esthetic event is one of these. Those of us who attend many exhibitions can become jaded. The eye closes up. The mind takes over, though the mind refuses to think. The mind that denies is the opposite of the mind that is inspired. We are inspired most when we expect more from others, when we are filled by their passion, their brilliance, and their own openness. When it comes to an artist or an author who has been around a long time and is known for one sort of thing, or who is deceased, their accomplishment are known, sometimes habitually celebrated, but the eye (or the mind) no longer perceives these accomplishments actively. It takes a specific period of intense focus, or losing oneself in the image or story, to be brought out of the mind ...