ways of seeing - by steve nguyen - steve’s synapses
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it matters how we choose to see the world
I used to be the kid who’d go to an art museum and couldn’t stop giggling at the absurdity of what people considered art. That changed when I took an English class in college where we examined Ways of Seeing by John Berger. Everyone’s familiar with the quote, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” and through Ways of Seeing, I learned to view art through every beholder’s perspective. Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published Camille Monet (1847–1879) on a Garden Bench To give an example, in this piece by Claude Monet, I consider 4 “beholders” — Camille…
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