How to use your eyes [WorldCat Entities]

"Bringing into striking focus the common artefacts of life that are often misunderstood or largely ignored, this book explores a range of complicated things, including mandalas, the periodic table and a hieroglyph."@en
""In the tradition of John Berger's bestselling Ways of Seeing, James Elkins's How to Use your Eyes invites us to look at--and maybe see for the first time--the world around us, with breathtaking results. Here are the common artifacts of life, often misunderstood and largely ignored, brought into striking focus. A butterfly's wing pattern encodes its identity. A cloudless sky yields a precise sequence of colors at sunset. A bridge reveals the relationship of a population with its landscape. With the discerning eye of a painter and the zeal of a detective, Elkins also explores complicated things like mandalas, the periodic table, or a hieroglyph, remaking the world into a treasure box of observations-eccentric, ordinary, marvelous. How to Use Your Eyes will transform your view of nature and the mind."--Back cover."
"Grass, the night sky, a postage stamp, a crack in the sidewalk, and a shoulder are ordinary objects of everyday life. But when we look at them - really look at them - what do we see? With the discerning eye of a painter and the zeal of a detective, the author invites us to look at the world around us, with breathtaking results."@en

How to use your eyes