Wednesday, July 15, 2009

look- see - observe

look- see - observe
Of all the boundaries that the nature has endowed us with, perhaps the most important are the eyes. It is through our eyes that we come face -to -face with other bounties of nature. Eyes not only light-up -our lives, these also enlighten us .We see through our eyes. seeing is believing: so goes the saying.
But can you differntiate between looking , seeing and observing?
For this , first read what fedrick langbridge(1849-1923) has to say on this:
"Two men look out through same bars;
one sees the mud, and one the stars."
(taken from 'A cluster of quote thoughts)
One sees the mud is merely looking, one sees the stars is observing. At a scene of murder, onlookers are merely seeing the mutilated dead body; an observing cop will be lookng for all the important clue- a broken button, or torn tatter or the like.
A scientist is also like an observing cop. He see's what no one can see.
So stop; look ; see ; observe ' and very soon you may find a change in your outlook.

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