I've always been very left brained. Science, math, computer languages, logic, and algorithms all make perfect sense to me. I've become very used to, and comfortable with, the idea of correct and incorrect answers. Art has no correct answers, nor incorrect. Learning to become an artist has been difficult for me, because I am bothered by the idea of my subjects, angles, lighting, framing, focus not being "correct" in the same way that 2 + 2 has only one answer, gravity has only one rate of acceleration on a falling object, and water is only made of one combination of oxygen and hydrogen molecules.

All of this is rather ironic, when you consider the historical progression of photography. Science is everywhere in photography -- from exposure to development, to the shape of the lens in the camera. Only recently have photographic images become art, only now are images interpreted, rather than viewed as strict recordings for use in historic or scientific realms.

I'm learning how to see things differently, and how not to think with a mathematician's mind. It's been frustrating and liberating at the same time. I am noticing exquisite detail in the mundane, I am more aware of the textures of things without having to touch them, and I have started to notice how the light creates shadows with/on objects.

I'm really glad that I decided to take this class, because I feel like I'm seeing things in a new, more complete way. The world is worth looking at.