Monday, April 19, 2010

looking and seeing

It's funny how the most random things remind me of assignments sometimes... I was watching The Lion King 1 1/2 on Saturday night, and in the movie a quote came up that was perfect for this assignment.

Timon (the merecat) had just left his home and was looking for his ideal new home. He was lost, and bumped into Rafiki (the crazy all-knowing monkey), and Rafiki said to him: "Look beyond what you see."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkmMx0ddqt4




That really got me thinking. "Seeing" is a much simpler action than "looking" is. When you "see" something, it's right there. Your eyes take it in and your brain processes it and tells you what it is. "Looking" is also a synonym for "searching". It implies that you have to do so much more. Looking implies that there is a journey there as well. Having a journey, a story behind things, is so much more fun than just being passive.

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