Reference. Book. The Sense of Order

"...so the pebbles of a beach, the bricks of a wall or the leaves of a tree will fuse at a certain distance into larger areas, which are experienced as ' textured' depending on the way the elements reflect the
Light." (p. 95)
   I find that this quote truly relates to my cappricio works as it is dealing of how material and texture are conveyed in 'seeing'. How we see paintings, objects etc. This is a technique used in painters in painting perspective paintings for example, the colour of people's shirt in the background are only seen as a blot of colour.
 


 "we must never forget that one difference between a representation and reality lies in the simple fact that in reality we can always go on looking and exploring, if necessary with artificial means such as binoculars or magnifying glasses, while the image as image is strictly finite. Magnify it too
much and it will cease to be an image and become a piece of textured matter. In a
photograph the information conveyed to a normal eye will be restricted by the resolution of
the lens, the grain of the fum and the size of the image" (p.101)
     Representation, such as paintings, limit us to find more details about it. It only shows us what we can visibly see. However, reality is a never ending and we can perceive reality in many ways. I think what the author is saying is that representation is unreliable because of the different limitation such as technical limitations. Therefore, the only thing reliable is reality itself and how we perceive it.

"The best proof we have, however, that we still hear what we no longer notice comes from the well-known observation that we realize it when the sound changes or stops. We must have been 'monitoring' it un consciously all the time. This monitoring for continuity can be set by the system in various ways. The trained pilot will notice the unusual change in the pitch of the engine noise, the anxious mother the change in the breathing of the sick child. On the other hand, the discontinuities in their turn can be taken as read as soon as they are expected; the quarterly chimes of the village clock may soon pass unnoticed." (p.108)

  I find this very interesting and very true. The events, sound etc that happens in our routine get noticed, acknowledge or annoyed with. The author called this as 'monitoring'. From my point of view, the above is all achieved by our unconsciousness. However,  once we have conciousness, we will start noticing these noises and events. For example, we a slight change in the way things are arranged in your house are noticed but we do not notice that if it wasn't your own house.