Exercise: TNTC Cover Art

topic posted Thu, May 5, 2005 - 4:17 PM by  Charlie
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The instruction for every T-Bird cover (from Oct '89, Vol.1 No.3, see picture folder) is to hold it about a foot and a half from one's face, locate an approximate "center" of the picture itself, continue to stare at it for at least 5 minutes, preferably 15, letting one's eyes go progressively out of focus. As eyes go out of focus, try to spread the concentrated attention while keeping formally "fixed" on the center and without moving one's eyes at all. Try to spread the field of attention to progressively encompass a simultaneous (and virtually "equal") awareness of the left, right, top and bottom extremes of the image. Hold your attention, fixed at the center, on this expanded field of simultaneous awareness. After the 5 to 15 minutes of concentration is up, pull the cover back till it's held at a 2 to 2½ foot distance from the face. Look at it now. What does it look like? Physically focus, or try to physically focus on it all at once, in a single glance. What takes place? Look up. Look around the room. How do things appear?
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Charlie
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