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posts that are about perception...
the greatest poetry
“The greatest poetry is revealing to the reader the beauty in something that was so simple you had taken it for granted.” – Neil deGrasse Tyson I’ve been trying to… read more
the camera changed the way we behaved, part 2
A couple weeks ago I wrote about some schoolkids who made cardboard video cameras, and got lost in their world seen through their ‘lenses’. I wrote that photography “is a… read more
the camera changed the way we behaved
I wanted to share this clip from This American Life, beautifully animated by Chris Ware. It is a story about a class of 5th graders who began making fake video… read more
making it better
I love it when I revisit an old photograph, and suddenly I see how to make it better. It always amazes me when this happens. A photograph that I’ve printed… read more
the importance of the edge of the photograph
In his blog today, Mark Graf was wondering “why a completely random leaf pile can be so peaceful” in real life, yet feel chaotic when photographed. I’ve experienced this as… read more
Autumn is here
Autumn is here. In my opinion, the best time of the year. The weather was perched on the edge for a long time, unsure if summer was over, but it… read more
the beauty of science
The New York Times has a good article today on Felice Frankel, an artist who is the head of the Envisioning Science program at Harvard. She uses “cameras, microscopes and… read more
Emotion of shapes
The Cognitive Daily has another interesting post, talking about how we assign emotions to graphic shapes based on how they are arranged. For example, a triangle that is sitting on… read more
The process of seeing
In an article about how infants learn to see, the Cognitive Daily recently gave a good description of the process of sight: “When we perceive the world visually, we’re not… read more
Perception of emotion
I recently discovered a fun blog, the Cognitive Daily. I concentrated in cognitive science and linguistics in college, and my studies perception, language, and metaphor have been a great source… read more