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How do we perceive the visuals?
You are probably confident that you see the world as it is. But the process of visual perception is surprisingly sophisticated.
Did you know that our brain takes the incomplete information about the outside world that it receives from our eyes and makes it complete? This ability of our brain is more wonderful because we can perceive the same object as being under strikingly different conditions of lighting and context. You will find lots of studies about the physical part of the visual perception process. But today we want to talk about the interpretation of what we see.
For the artist or designer, the creative process is also interpretative, and for the beholder, the interpretative process is also creative
What does it exactly mean?
Firstly, every visual artwork arises from experiences and conflicts in the artist's life. And there is a connection between mental processes and the ambiguity of the artwork.
Secondly, the viewer responds to this ambiguity in terms of his own experiences and conflicts. That means that you also bring something personal by recreating the image in your head.
Firstly, every visual artwork arises from experiences and conflicts in the artist's life. And there is a connection between mental processes and the ambiguity of the artwork.
Secondly, the viewer responds to this ambiguity in terms of his own experiences and conflicts. That means that you also bring something personal by recreating the image in your head.
The British psychologist Chris Frith writes about this: Our perception of the world is a fantasy that coincides with reality. What is almost magical about visual perception is that each of us is able to create a rich, meaningful image of the outside world that is remarkably similar to the image seen by others.
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