“This table is brown. That much we can all agree on. But is the brown you see the same brown that I see?”
We all take in the same stimulus from the world around us, but is it all processed in the same fashion? Certainly, though the words we hear are the same, their meaning and weight differ as they rush through the unique neural pathways that have been built through our individual experiences. What about the events we witness? The scenes that occur around us?
Does our perception of the world’s palette of colours also differ based on our experience? On the connections that exist only for us?
One may see the world as coated in a layer of sparkles, another may see it as cloaked in gray. I perceive a world bathed in sunshine, hope, possibility.
What hue do you see?
Such are my thoughts as we bounce and bump our way down Livingstonia mountain, with P. singing hymns to the beauty of the world around us.
Bless her :)
We all take in the same stimulus from the world around us, but is it all processed in the same fashion? Certainly, though the words we hear are the same, their meaning and weight differ as they rush through the unique neural pathways that have been built through our individual experiences. What about the events we witness? The scenes that occur around us?
Does our perception of the world’s palette of colours also differ based on our experience? On the connections that exist only for us?
One may see the world as coated in a layer of sparkles, another may see it as cloaked in gray. I perceive a world bathed in sunshine, hope, possibility.
What hue do you see?
Such are my thoughts as we bounce and bump our way down Livingstonia mountain, with P. singing hymns to the beauty of the world around us.
Bless her :)
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