Perspective...

Life is all about how we perceive things.

A person’s clothing can be viewed in multiple ways. Today I am wearing denim capris and a short sleeved plaid shirt. To me, my outfit is comfortable and pleasing to my eyes. Some people look at my clothing and think of a farmer. When I think of a farmer’s attire, I think of denim and smooth fabrics that create a comfortable exterior.

When my almost two year old niece comes to visit my parents and me, she plays with the toys that stay at our house. Some days she will pull something out of the toy bin and on another visit, that same toy gets left on the floor. She almost always spends some time in my Dad’s office. There are plenty of books and other things to look at. She likes to sit in my Dad’s desk chair and gaze at all of the books.

A window is a picture frame, containing ever changing scenes from nature. When I visit my Grandma at her care center, we often sit by her window and enjoy the landscape that surrounds her building.

My Grandma has trouble maintaining conversation, due to her memory loss. The view from her window provides her with things to look at and talk about. It is interesting to listen to her perspective. Whether she talks about the Christmas Tree Farm across the street, I find it fascinating to see what aspect of the view, she chooses to focus on.

Art is a wonderful example of perspective. A painting can be seen in many different ways, depending on the lighting and the surrounding environment. A sculpture can be a hunk of clay to one person and a priceless piece of art, to another person

Photography can be seen through many lenses. The picture included, is of my parents looking out over the lake. I used my phone to take the photograph. I have an application that allows you to choose a lens to create different light within the photograph. I think this picture looks like my parents are standing in a field of tall grasses overlooking a lake up north. The light cast on the picture suggests the sun is setting.

My parents are standing on a pile of dirt in the empty lot next to our building. The golden grasses in the picture are made up of mostly weeds. This photograph showed me that there are indeed multiple ways of looking at things.

Another pair of eyes looking at the same thing often yields a different perspective.