Steve Ersinghaus shares an image of what his morning cup of coffee held. It's a delighful picture, yet I see it also as insight into how artists view the world.
Most likely the lights reflected in his coffee are there every morning, waiting for someone to notice and they can only see it if they are standing or sitting at the right angle, where all points intersect to make the image visible to the eye. Merely not looking down negates the possibility.
I might call this "close-seeing," noticing those things that are often discarded by the mind as unnecessary detail. The eyes focus beyond them, seeing the whole picture of a cup of coffee (or a couple of wine bottles) without noticing images that change the story dramatically if one looks from a different angle.
So this is how we may see the world, read the book, know each other, or not.
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