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The Art of Seeing

Writer's picture: Tara ZafftTara Zafft


It's been a big week. An overwhelming week. A week when it has been a challenge to find words to name the plethora of emotions and thoughts on this roller coaster we are riding.


And it's only Tuesday?


I just finished reading What Belongs to You, by Garth Greenwell, a beautifully written book about desire and love and its consequences. At the very end of the novel the main character reflects, “Love isn’t just a matter of looking at someone, I think now, but also of looking with them, of facing what they face.” Similarly, Mark Nepo in The Book of Awakening, shares the story of a young man, who after becoming blind had to learn to interact with objects differently. For this young man, Nepo writes, his new way of seeing was "an end of living in front of things and a beginning of living with them."


I cannot assume to know what others are thinking or feeling. But I can ask. I can try to put myself in their shoes. I can also share the truth when others ask how I am. So they can see me.


So it seems to me that the art of seeing involves more than mere seeing, and definitely more than quick conclusions and summations. It involves all the senses. With a big dose of humility thrown in. And an open heart, ready to listen.




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