Importance of Vision

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Our culture is one that heavily relies on vision. We use our eyes for most everything we do for example reading, cooking, sports and entertainment. What is an activity you can do without you eyes? Our culture is very visually centered. When it comes to our everyday lives vision plays a key role. As a predatory mammal our eyes are placed in the front of our head unlike a prey animal like a horse where their eyes are on either side of their head. Vision helped us not only secure food as hunters back in the day but also to communicate. We used symbols to communicate such as “icons”, “The creation of such images is perhaps the earliest form of human symbolization. People lifted out ordinary visible data of the world a shape, a form, which crystallized experience and with its meanings and connotations, told a story.” (Eck 12).
Our eyes are also the first sense we use to find attraction. For example, if you are at the animal shelter you are initially drawn to the puppy/dog you find cute. After you see the cute dog, you then walk over to see their personality and so forth and so on. After you find your perfect match at the animal shelter then you learn their unique scent, the way their soft fur feels to the touch, and the special sound of their bark. But all that hinges on the idea of love at first sight.
 All animals are precious beings sent to us by God himself. It is our duty to love and protect each and every one of them.
           

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  1. Jonathan Brumberg-KrausMay 11, 2018 at 7:09 AM

    Why do you think we see some dogs (or other beings) as cute, others not so much? What triggers our recognition that something, someone is cute?

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