Seeing, Annie Dillard
Pg. 695
" But the artificial obvious is hard to see. My eyes account for less than one percent of the weight of my head; I'm bony and dense; I see what I expect."
This quote is emphasizing on our typical nature of seeing what we expect instead of taking everything, including the unknown, into consideration. We take things we see with our eyes and expect to see what we picture in our minds. We see a dandellion and we expect it to be yellow. We don't take into consideration the hints of brown shown on the tips of the peddles or the different shades of green that flow parallel in the stem. We just look at what we see dully and don't take into account the intricate design of the objects created by nature. This relates to how we look at life, we just visualize the opportunities and expodential peaks in life when we obtain success. Yet, we never look at life intricatly, we never visualize the upsets, hard moments, of life changing decisions because we choose to neglect the obvious in order to focus on the things we want to see.
Seeing, Annie Dillard
Pg.697
" But shadows spread, and deepened, and stayed. After thousands of years we're still strangers to darkness, fearful aliens in an enemy camp with our arms crossed over our chests."
Annie really emphasizes on the fears of the human race. It's kind of ironic how most people are afraid of the dark. Why is that? Mostly because people simply cannot see visually what inhabits the dark or if their is anything in the dark. People are afraid of what they cannot see and what they cannot comprehend and the typical fear for the dark is an excellent metaphor to show the fears we have towards things we do not know.
