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Don't just look (見); observe (觀)

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A forgotten insight. Looking and gazing.. are different.

Don't live with a glazed, fish-eyed stare. You have to stay awake. 

You need to be able to feel the wind and the light. Don't live in a daze. 


If you can't stay awake even with your eyes open,

then rather agonize, wander, or sit down. That's what this feed made me reconsider.





The painter Paul Klee said, "Art does not reproduce what is visible; rather, it makes things visible." This is the same principle as "Don't just look (見); observe (觀)."
 
The painter Jasper Johns, in creating works using the American flag as a motif, said, "My work begins at the 'seeing' point — how I see familiar things." It means that, depending on how you observe rather than just look, a completely different dimension of creativity and innovation can open up. (p. 174)
 
 
 
You have to "observe" to see. You see differences, essence, the core, change, and what is new.
Just glancing doesn't mean much.
 
I've mentioned in the Economy Note before that taking up art as a hobby is good for developing observation skills. To draw, you first have to carefully "observe" the subject.
 
"Art does not reproduce what is visible; rather, it makes things visible." (Paul Klee, painter)
"My work begins at the 'seeing' point — how I see familiar things." (Jasper Johns, painter)
 
Both are urging us: don't just look — observe. That is art, and that is where the work begins.
 
Just as observation is the starting point in art, it is the starting point of growth in corporate management and self-management as well.
Without proper observation, you can't see change — you miss opportunities and slide into decline.
 
Don't look (見); observe (觀).
See differences, essence, and change through observation.
 
Whether art or management, that is the starting point for creating "a work."



This English version was translated by Claude.

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Pleasant Charles — UI/UX researcher at AIT. Keeping notes on design, planning, and slow days here since 2010.

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