It comes down to, flows from, revolves around
perspective,
perception,
projection,
point of view,
view point,
outlook,
opinion,
way of looking/seeing,
attitude,
frame of mind,
interpretation,
understanding,
presumption,
assumption,
conjecture,
...
People go to war over differences
in the way they see things.
They see things according to
the stake they have in things.
According to what they think
they have to gain or lose.
The most objective fact
has to be interpreted/understood subjectively.
A cow means one thing to a rancher,
another thing to a boy with a slingshot,
and another thing to a bull.
Meaning comes down to what something means
to whomever is looking at it.
We argue about who is right
about how they are seeing something.
Seeing is ascribing meaning
and that is a very personal undertaking.
We see according to how we look
how we look is a function of who we are,
where we have been,
what has happened to us,
and the way we interpreted/understood that.
Trying to get to the bottom of all this
is trying to get to the bottom of us.
There is no bottom.
It is all a swirl of perspective,
perception,
projection...
That is all there is.
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Jim Dollar's Photography and Philosophy 