The wonderful world of seeing
Can you: see round corners; see through people; tell the future; see in the dark? How do you see rainbows without rain or hear music without sound? It’s time to explore the wonderful world of seeing! There are lots of directions you can take seeing, and using this site will set you off on the road – the only limit is your imagination!
To start us off on our visual journey it is always worth doing a bit of ‘blue sky thinking’. Or perhaps just a bit of ‘sky thinking’. Ruskin himself spent time studying and sketching the sky. Sky is truly universal – above us all, all of the time. Did you know that by observing the clouds we can predict the weather? Did you know all clouds have names? Sky has offered artists and poets inspiration through the ages.Why not start to make your own cloud diary?
Check out the wonderful Cloud Appreciation Society at; www.cloudappreciationsociety.org
From above us on a vast scale to zooming in on a microscopic level it is worth looking at plants up close. Did you know that if you were to look at a tiny part of a fern it resembles the whole of the plant? (This is called self-symmetry.) Did you know that there are number patterns in plants, such as the numbers of petals or leaves on a particular plant? Check out the site of Science and Plants for Schools (SAPS). They have created an image database – www.plantscienceimages.org.uk/pages/intro.aspx
Look at the amazing shapes and patterns that occur in plants, even at the microscopic level by clicking on leaf or stem and then on ‘internal structures’. You will start to see some of those hidden patterns.
This is just the beginning of your exciting and unique visual journey. We think exciting ‘sightings’ lie ahead!
Check out our Ideas on Looking and Seeing , and Ruskin's ideas on Looking and Seeing for a further insight into the Wonderful World of Looking and Seeing.
