The Notice and Focus
method allows one to really open their eyes and 'see' a picture.
Someone can look at something but they do not really 'see' unless
they use this method. The method breaks down into four steps that
allows us to take in the full picture. Notice and Focus makes us step
out of our comfort zone and paints a bigger picture. We learn to not
initially make connections with what we know but look at the unknown
aspect. This is a method that defiantly pushes people to think harder
and draw bigger conclusions.
In class, we looked at
the painting Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh. At first the
class seemed to look at what caught their attention. We focused on
what was prominent in the painting. Many of us looked at the night
sky first, the shining stars and then probably shifted our glance to
the mysterious smokey tree. Everyone realized how much bigger the
picture actually was when we used the Notice and Focus method. It
allowed for deeper class discussion and for many different aspects to
be shared. The method however almost seemed to bring out too many
different 'pictures' that individuals were seeing. Towards the end,
the class almost stared to disagree on what certain images were and
what meaning they conveyed. The mysterious black object in the
foreground went from being a tree, smoke, another steeple or an
unknown solid object. Disagreement of course is can be key to a great
discussion and gives new perspectives to others; that is part of
noticing, we all notice different things.
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