The skill of perception The newborn baby and the [blind man suddenly gifted with sight] do not have to learn to see. Sight is given to them. But they do have to learn to perceive. Perception is learnt and learnt slowly. Skill is required for perception as for speech. We are largely unaware of the skill we exercise. None of the things we have to learn to perceive are self-evident, or, apparently, instinctively evident. No doubt, however, we have an instinctive aptitude for this learning, and once we have learnt we cannot easily see as though we had not. As Ruskin says, one has to strive, if one is to see with the 'Innocent Eye'. David Pye, The Nature and Aesthetics of Design The innocence of the eyethe innocent i seeingperceptionlearninginstinct
Right-Angle Doodling Machine A Game by Clive Thompson openprocessing.org You draw one single line. It can be as long as you like. To start the line, you put your pen down. You can make right-angle turns only, either 90 degrees or -90 degrees. You cannot back up. You must always move forward. You don’t lift your pen until you’re ready to stop. When you lift the pen, the doodle is done. drawingcodegames