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September 20, 2005
Bill Viola
I'm curious what Viola feels about people seeing his works after reading about them versus seeing them fresh and with a 'beginner's mind'. When I read his description of his own personal perspective for viewing Hatsu Yume, where he saw it as the rock's rate of change, I started to wonder if my eventual viewing of the piece would be tainted by knowing what his perspective had been. I would probably immediately start focussing on the rock's rate of change, and consequently probably wouldn't experience the full process of thought, or the first confusing stages of insight, or the cultivation of the ability to see 'through' objects.
Posted by Fiona Carswell at September 20, 2005 10:24 PM