{"id":757,"date":"2009-02-03T21:44:42","date_gmt":"2009-02-03T21:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/?p=757"},"modified":"2010-07-24T14:36:07","modified_gmt":"2010-07-24T19:36:07","slug":"the-seeing-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/?p=757","title":{"rendered":"The seeing eye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Last evening I read from\u00a0&#8220;Imogen Cunningham, Ideas without end&#8221; by Richard Lorenz; and again just before going to\u00a0lunch with my friend, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yourmessagedoctor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">David White<\/a>. These readings, and looking at her photographs, inspired me to write in my journal, &#8220;\u2026intend to see more and deeper.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;<span class=\"QuoteText\">You have to have it in you first, you don\u2019t learn it. The seeing eye is the important thing.&#8221;<\/span> \u2014\u00a0<span class=\"QuoteSourceName\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/imogencunningham.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Imogen Cunningham<\/a><\/em><\/span><span class=\"QuoteSourceName\">, Dialogue With Photography by Paul Hill , ISBN: 0948797665<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The two photographs made at the restaurant had nothing to do with lunch, or David, or our various discussions on business, or mindfulness (well maybe that). Yet these images will set well, in my memory, this lunch as an honor to\u00a0Imogen Cunningham; even though David and I never spoke her name; or discussed her extraordinary photographs. (click on images for larger view)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090203-l1004313.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-759\" title=\"20090203-l1004313\" src=\"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090203-l1004313-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090203-l1004313-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090203-l1004313-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090203-l1004313.jpg 848w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090203-l1004314.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-762\" title=\"20090203-l1004314\" src=\"http:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090203-l1004314-186x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090203-l1004314-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/www.imagist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/20090203-l1004314.jpg 526w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last evening I read from\u00a0&#8220;Imogen Cunningham, Ideas without end&#8221; by Richard Lorenz; and again just before going to\u00a0lunch with my friend, David White. These readings, and looking at her photographs, inspired me to write in my journal, &#8220;\u2026intend to see more and deeper.&#8221; &#8220;You have to have it in you first, you don\u2019t learn it. 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