To perceive something is to recognize it. But to recognize
something is not necessarily to perceive it.
~ Judith Thurman, Introduction to Drawing Is Thinking*
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* Milton Glaser's Drawing Is Thinking (Overlook Press, 2008) is without text. We best learn from it when, as Thurman recommends, we "[o]pen the book to any page and . . . just sharpen [our] eyes."
Judith Thurman, a contributor to The New Yorker, is the author of Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller (1993; Picador [paperback], 1995), Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette (1999; Ballantine Books [paperback], 2000), and Cleopatra's Nose: 39 Varieties of Desire (Picador, 2008), a collection of essays.
Okay. So now I've got to think on that....
ReplyDeleteI just came from Glynn's and that left me pondering ... I'll have to add this one to it.
ReplyDeleteI had to sit and think on this one.
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