http://photographyandtransformation.com/art-and-beauty-in-the-unexpected-vidalia-layer-6-picture-to-ponder-vol-4-issue-42/2008/11/11 Seeing Your World Through New Eyes Fri, 11 May 2012 15:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://photographyandtransformation.com/art-and-beauty-in-the-unexpected-vidalia-layer-6-picture-to-ponder-vol-4-issue-42/2008/11/11/comment-page-1#comment-3839 Nancy Dault Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:04:28 +0000 http://www.photographyandtransformation.com/art-and-beauty-in-the-unexpected-vidalia-layer-6-picture-to-ponder-vol-4-issue-42/2008/11/11#comment-3839 I was surprised at how much the onion, in the first and second photos, reminded me of an egg white. I wouldn't have expected that. And that led me to the idea of seeing something different from what I thought I would see, which, for me, is a very enjoyable experience. I think I have the tendency to relate something new to something I already know, which can be both good and bad. Good, because it creates a bridge between the familiar and the unfamiliar, but bad, because I may make assumptions based on the familiar item that don't really apply to the new one. For instance, what if I tried to use the onion in place of the egg white in a recipe? I was surprised at how much the onion, in the first and second photos, reminded me of an egg white. I wouldn’t have expected that. And that led me to the idea of seeing something different from what I thought I would see, which, for me, is a very enjoyable experience. I think I have the tendency to relate something new to something I already know, which can be both good and bad. Good, because it creates a bridge between the familiar and the unfamiliar, but bad, because I may make assumptions based on the familiar item that don’t really apply to the new one. For instance, what if I tried to use the onion in place of the egg white in a recipe?

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