![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (Or, as she learned when trying this exact feat, greenish-brown.) If you're trying to see a frog, look first for a patch of green. Basically, what she means is this: Narrowing down what you're looking for will help you see it.In his book The Mountains, Stewart Edward White said something that affected her: To really see, you have to "forget the naturally obvious and construct an artificial obvious.".One of the things she wants to see is the green ray, a streak of light that comes out of the sun for two seconds at sunset. Still, she's determined to keep looking.She considers what specialists, who know where to look, can see in nature that she can't.How excited you get about a penny, she thinks, depends on the level of "healthy poverty and simplicity" you've cultivated in your life. She remembers when she was a kid and used to hide pennies for people to find.Annie's thinking about seeing, and specifically, about perspective. ![]()
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