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Learning by Heart
Corita Kent
and Jan Steward
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corita kent
art by heart
When you get past making labels for things,
it is
possible to combine and transform elements into new things.
Look at things until their import, identity, name, use, and description
have dissolved.
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There is an exercise I've learned lately,
and that is to be quiet and look at an object or space directly ahead of
you.
Keep a soft focus and also allow your attention to reach past your
peripheral vision, left and right. All of these directions – front, right,
left, above – being looked at with a kind of diffuseness.
You try to have a clear moment when you
are empty and open to things around you. You see them new – your vision is
cleansed and you can make contact with what is really there, uncluttered by old thoughts and
prejudices.
Always be ready to see what you haven't
seen before.
It's a kind of looking where you don't
know what you're looking for.
Corita Kent Learning by Heart
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