Anne Whiston Spirn on Doors and Windows:
Why a door and not a window? A window is something to look through, but a doorway is to pass through; crossing a threshold, one enters a new place. To see, to really see, is to open a door. To pass through that door is to arrive at a new understanding.via Pick up a camera and use it to see, think, and discover (pdf) by Anne Whiston Spirn.
Anne Whiston Spirn on Visual Thinking:
Visual thinking is a powerful ability, and photography one of its tools, but that potential is unfulfilledvia Pick up a camera and use it to see, think, and discover (pdf) by Anne Whiston Spirn.
Have followed Anne's words and photos for a long time. I see shades of my own vision in her photos and her words are ever inspiring for someone who struggles with words - they are so hard to find for me. I suspect I am more visual than verbal. Thanks for putting it all so nicely Anne.
Anne Whiston Spirn on Landscape:
Landscape is an ideal vehicle for honing the skill of visual thinking; it is always at hand, whether in city, suburb, or countryside, and its meanings are not just metaphorical but real, practical as well as poetic.via Pick up a camera and use it to see, think, and discover. (pdf) by Anne Whiston Spirn.
The Eye Is a Door: Photography and the Art of Visual Thinking is about seeing as a way of knowing and photography as a medium of thought and a mode of discovery. To photograph mindfully is to look and think, to open a door between what can be seen directly and what is hidden and can only be imagined.I like her photographs.
