[Note: The Online Photographer's M.C., majordomo, and Chief Bottlewasher, Mike J., just had his eye operated on and is recuperating. Big rule during recovery: no screens, no reading, lie flat and stare at the ceiling. He got an Echo and is listening to Audible books! Meanwhile, for your amusement and edification, a few bon mots from other writers and photographers. One will be published every day while Mike’s away.]
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"THE EXPERTS SPEAK: Dr. Martin Rolfs, Vision Specialist. Dr. Martin Rolfs is a vision specialist at the Bernstein Center and Department of Psychology at Humboldt University in Berlin. He is an expert on what gets our attention, how we direct both our gaze and our mental focus, and in particular, how eye, head, and body movements affect perception.
"One of the first things I learned in our conversation was that all perception happens at a cost. 'When you're looking hard in an effort to see something specific [says Dr. Rolfs], you suppress recognition of alternatives, like looking for a yellow cab and not seeing an Uber car. Letting your mind drift instead of focusing on a particular aspect or internal thoughts, you'll be more open to external triggers, or other triggers inside you that might become relevant. These alternatives have a bigger chance of getting selected by accident than when you're focusing on one particular solution.'"
—Brian Dilg quoting Dr. Martin Rolfs in Why You Like This Photo: The Science of Perception
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