In The Little Book of Contemplative Photography, the author, Howard Zehr, suggests that once a week we spend at least 10 minutes with a selected photograph and then, he instructs;
‘As you do, consider three topics in this order:
1 I see (Describe: examine each object, each detail, the light etc. Associate: what are you reminded of by the shapes, juxtapositions etc?)
2 I feel (What do you feel as you look at the image?)
3 I think (Interpret and analyse)’
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That’s great! Thanks for sharing, Louis! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I think its a valuable sequence to follow.
That would be a good exercise, and not so easy in this age of a glut of photographs and a sped-up lifestyle. It seem to me that #2 is the aspect most of us fall short on – not all of us by any means, but many.
I do agree Lynn. Often we’re in too much of a hurry, and that doesn’t do justice to the art work or its creator. And certainly ‘feeling’ is the dimension that is most neglected.