The 5 traditionally
recognized methods of perception or sense are:
SOUND...SIGHT...TOUCH...SMELL...TASTE
William Blake stated: If the
doors of perception were cleansed,
Everything would appear to man as it is ~ infinite!
SIGHT
Our Sense of Sight is all
dependent upon our eyes. A lens at the
front of the eyeball helps to focus images onto the retina at the back of the
eye. The retina is covered with two
types of light-sensitive cells. All of
this information is sent to the brain along with the optic nerve. The images
sent are actually upside down and our brain makes sense of what it receives by
turning the vision right side up. The
brain uses the images from the two eyes to create a 3-D image. This allows us
to perceive depth.
Some people are not able to tell
red colours from green colours. This is called colour blindness. (With
imagination, view a snow-capped mountain with forest trees at its base;
mid-ground are several tall evergreens; a luscious green lawn spreads to the
foreground where lavender flowers bloom; and above an azure blue sky.) This picture has 5 “depths of field” ~ which,
if you are not aware, is strongly conducive to a photo of beauty.
My father
considered a walk among the mountains
as equivalent of
church-going!
(Aldous Huxley)
A Treasured Photo
The lake is a milky
aqua-green.
The melting icy
glacier chills its water.
Mountains surround
this pristine sight.
Tall evergreens stand
on guard.
The wide blue sky is
expansive.
Big drifting clouds
are on a slow move.
The foreground is
wild flowers in bloom
with tall rose-hued
cosmos softy waving in the breeze.
Truly, a picture to
be had...to be held in hand,,,
to be forever etched
into my memory!
Laying on my stomach with Pentax
camera focused on this magnificent
vista...the flowers stand tall in the foreground and eyes drift to the lake,
evergreens, glacier, mountains and sky.
I press the shutter and captured this scene of Lake Louise and the
Victoria Glacier. Our brief stay at
the Chateau Lake Louise
will never be forgotten. Lake
Louise is also recognized as a World Class Ski Mecca.
The only thing
worse than being blind ~
is having no
vision. (Helen Keller)
Reading Glasses
After several teaching years, I
began to have frequent minor headaches.
My doctor arranged an appt. with an ophthalmologist who with
understanding voice, patiently stated, “What you have is a touch of senility.
My advice is to go to the pharmacy and purchase a pair of 'reading
glasses'....that should solve
your headaches.” I didn't know if I should be insulted or
pleased.
Now, over the past couple of
years, cataracts have been developing. Direction from my optometrist sent me to
Dr. McGillivray, who upon examination, recommended removal of them As a surgeon, he operated on the right eye
last week. Next morning after the
procedure, I glanced at a large painting beside my bed of a Mediterranean
seaside city. My right eye relayed brilliant colours...while my left eye only
saw dull shades. “Hey, Great...now I anticipate my July appointment for the
left eye cataract.”
If I paint a wild
horse, you might not see the horse...
but surely you
will see the wildness.
(Pablo Picasso)
Five Dollar Suits
Paddy looked in one of the shop
windows and saw a sign that caught his eye.
The sign read, “Suits $5.00 each; Shirts $2.00 each; Trousers $2.50 per
pair.” Paddy said to his pal,
“Mick! Would ya look at them
prices! We could buy a whole lot of
those and when we get back to Newfoundland, we could make us a fortune.
“Now, when we go inside, you stay
quiet, okay? Let me do all da talking
'cause if they hear our accents, they might think we're thicko's from
Newfoundland and try to screw us. So, I'll put on me best English accent.” Mick agreed, “Roight y'are Paddy, I'll keep
me mouth shut. You do all da business.”
They go inside and Paddy said in
a posh voice, “Hello my good man. I'll
take 50 suits at $5.00 each, 100 shirts at $2.00 each and 50 pairs of trousers
at $2.50 each. I'll reverse up me truck
round the back ready to load 'em on, so I will.”
The owner of the shop said
quietly, “You're from Newfoundland, aren't you?”
“Well...yes, I am that,” said a
surprised Paddy. “What gave it away?”
The owner replied, “This is a Dry
Cleaners!”
When wrong facts are given, the
mind tries to interpret the intended meaning.
Often, persons fail to consider all aspects “of the picture” before
them...and therefore react according to their one conclusive
interpretation. Man should consider all
other possible situations.
“To anything in
Life...there is more than one solution!”
Remember the
adage: LOOK before you Leap!
Nothing is more
imminent than the impossible;
What we must
always foresee...is the unforeseen.
(Victor Hugo ~ Les
Miserable)
Watch for my next
posting on Senses...TOUCH.
Merle Baird-Kerr...written
June 25, 2014
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