Its all about the reading.

These are all my books..

Reading List

McNiff, S.(1998) Trust the Process. Shambhala. London.

Tharp, T. (2006) The Creative Habit Learn it and use it for life. Simon & Schuster. New York.

Rookes, P. & Willson, J. (2000) Perception Theory, Development and Organisation. Routledge. London.

Bayles, D. & Orland, T. (1993) Art & Fear; Observations On the Perils (and rewards) of Artmaking. Image Continuum. USA.

Mind boggling stuff. I've started my sketchbook too ;)

Aisle 16

Aisle 16
The Secret by Ross Sutherland

"The secret is not in knowing how to pick someone’s lock;
the secret is knowing how to get them to open the door for you."

I'm being inspired by performance poetry right now.
And have found a 'definition' of perception;

"Perception is our sensory experience of the world around us and involves both the recognition of environmental stimuli and actions in response to these stimuli. Through the perceptual process, we gain information about properties and elements of the environment that are critical to our survival. Perception not only creates our experience of the world around us; it allows us to act within our environment."
(http://psychology.about.com/od/sensationandperception/ss/perceptproc.htm)

But.. What is The Perceptual Process?

Perception.

I've been reading quite a lot. After polishing up on what semiotics and reality meant, I want to progress. I'm thinking specifically about perceptions, and although something could seem 'real' to you, everyone has different impression. I want to look at different kinds of perception. A quick google search threw up lots of types of perception, for instance;

Amodal perception
Color perception
Depth perception
Form perception
Haptic perception
Speech perception
Perception as Interpretation
Numeric Value of Perception
Pitch perception
Harmonic perception
Rhythmic perception

They mean nothing right now, but I want to read up and get a basic idea of all the elements that are used to fuel our perceptions and impressions of items. The eye, I feel, is an excellent place to start.
I have a reading list I'm going to tackle once they arrive from Amazon;

• Trust The Process: An Artist's Guide to Letting Go - Shaun McNiff
• Interaction of Colour - J Albers
• Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye - R Arnheim

As I said, the eye is a great place to start I think...