Our imagination does have much to do with how we see people and our world, I think. People in love see things much differently because they can imagine that love in everything they see. Visionaries can realize what they envision no matter how impossible it might seem to the rest of us. The creative spark is much the same and allows artists to see what others cannot until inspired by the artwork.
On Thursday, September 11, 2014 2:24:59 PM UTC-4, Don Johnson wrote: > > So if the beholder is looking at, say, Janet Reno and sees a beautiful > woman then he's imaginative? I'd call it delusional. Reminds me of that kid > with the imaginary friend. Total goofball weirdo but "he had a wonderful > imagination." Probably thinks Janet Reno is a fox and Jenifer Gardner is a > dog. > > Unimaginative people may still recognize their own version of beauty. For > instance, a red headed freckle-faced girl with green eyes and a pert nose > makes my mouth water but grosses out folks with ginger issues. Each to his > own, I guess. > > We were talking about women, right? > > dj > > > On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 9:57 AM, 'facilitator' via "Minds Eye" < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I had an opportunity recently to have some of my sayings dissected at an >> art venue. (Some of you are aware I am an artist. Sculpture and the like.) >> On some of these sculptures I put encryptions or quotations. I thought I >> would give it a go here and have them open to rebuttal, critique, agreement >> etcetera. >> >> Have at it! >> >> "Beauty is not in the eye of the beholder but in the eye of the >> imaginative" >> >> -- >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> ""Minds Eye"" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
