FASO Essay: True Seeing Requires Losing Self-Consciousness

In a recent essay published on The FASO Way newsletter, Eugene Terekhin explores the concept that true perception of art and nature requires the observer to transcend self-consciousness and become one with the subject. The piece, titled 'True Seeing Begins When the Observer Disappears into What Is Seen,' draws on a passage from Ernest W. Watson's 'The Art of Pencil Drawing' and includes commentary from Terekhin's wife, an art teacher. Terekhin argues that when we view a tulip as a biologist, we see only its parts and miss its essence; true seeing occurs when we forget ourselves and become absorbed in contemplation. He connects the word 'contemplation' to the Latin 'contemplatio' and 'templum,' meaning a sacred space for observing signs, suggesting that true seeing is a sacred act. The essay also promotes FASO, a platform for building artist websites, and includes a call to action for readers to like and comment. The article will be locked for paying members only after two days.