Metaphors on Vision

This passage makes an insightful look at the eye and how we see things. It gives an interesting idea of what it would be like to see without any preconceived notions of what things are. The human mind is so good at recognizing patterns that we see patterns in everything. Seeing the world without that pattern recognition would be an interesting experience. However he then goes on to say that we have blinded ourselves with materialistic goals and that it is up to the artist to carry on the tradition of visual perception. This seemed a bit idealistic and unrealistic because I don't think we have lost our view of fear compared to primitive man. I didn't really understand what he meant when he said "The ultimate searching visualization has been directed toward God out of the deepest possible human understanding that there can be no ultimate love where there is fear." Overall it was a very thought-provoking passage, if a little unclear.