vacant eyes

last week

i looked at a picture that was supposed to be, i think, seductive, enticing, the type that draws you in--that makes you want. but the eyes were vacant. vacant.

in listening to another, the words they spoke...some humiliating, some acknowledging, most directed to the emotions...again the eyes were vacant. i was asked about my perception and i think i ought to have kept it simple, "the eyes did not change. the tenor of speech, the motion of body did...but the eyes did not change." and the eyes were vacant.

for you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbz8tYIpvRA

rubiconisms

"I'm very impressed with your research, very impressed. But I had expected more from your analysis. After all that is your domain, hmm, analysis."

"Don't speak words you cannot hear."

seasons change

(Photo by: Sophie Dunlap)

perception

"Here lies the source of the sensuous character of perception. Basic perception is purely attributive, requiring no classificatory capacities from perceivers. To perceive basically is to appreciate objects exactly as they are without regard for what they are, to be awash with qualities, to have the mind hold, not manipulate, what it finds."