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Visual Poetry: A Creative Guide for Making Engaging Digital Photographs
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Visual Poetry: A Creative Guide for Making Engaging Digital Photographs

by Chris Orwig
August 2009
Beginner to intermediate
304 pages
7h 43m
English
New Riders
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Chapter 3. Learning to See

SEEING IS A MIRACLE that begins when we wake up each day. Darkness changes to light and blurred lines become clear. Muted colors become saturated, then fill with life. In spite of daily miracles like this, many of us move through life with our eyes only half open. We see but we don’t fully take it all in. Now and then something piques our interest. In between these moments our vision declines. And the loss is much more than simple sight.

What we see affects us in profound ways. I’m convinced that it isn’t dependent on what sits before our eyes. Rather, seeing depends on who we are. Learning to see is an adventure like no ...

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