What Are You Looking At?
August 9th, 2009 by ComputerBob
Many times, a task that seems difficult or impossible for one person, is intuitive and easy for someone else.
And often, the one person is impressed with the other’s ability, while the other person — especially if they’re young — is surprised to learn that everyone doesn’t have the same ability that they have.
I had that experience the summer that I took 3 doctoral-level statistical analysis courses. I struggled to memorize countless formulas without fully understanding the concepts of how they worked, and I ended up asking for help from one student who just “got it” and aced every stats test.
But everyone, including the stats wizards, came to me when they had computer problems.
Way back when she was only two years old — an age when many children can’t even hold a pencil correctly — one of my goddaughters could draw a perfect circle. By the time she was 12 years old, she could create intricate pencil drawings that looked like black and white photographs.
As a person who has very little natural drawing ability, I was amazed at her skill. So one day, I asked her how she did it.
In a very matter-of-fact tone, she replied, “I just draw what I see.”
Of course she was absolutely right.
Whether the goal is to draw something, communicate something, build something, fix something, lose 100 pounds, get a better job, find someone to love, or do just about anything else in life that’s worthwhile, the most successful people are the ones who can see things exactly the way they are and envision them exactly the way that they want them to be.
In other words, the best way to get from here to there is to know exactly where here is and exactly where there is.
All of this philosophical talk is my way of introducing 10 Awesome Images That Are Actually Paintings and ‘Drained’ Oceans Reveal Epic Landscapes.
See what I’m talking about?
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