Seeing is Forgetting

Seeing is forgetting pre-conceptions. Seeing is taking off the labels. Seeing is cultivating beginner’s mind.

For years, I’ve heard about the book, Seeing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees by Lawrence Weschler, thirty years of conversations with the artist, Robert Irwin. While studying the photography and writing of Uta Barth (photographer of perception), I realized that this book was the most influential in her work. It was time for me to read it. Doing so has been the highlight o...