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The Art Of Seeing

How can two people see the same event and make completely opposite judgments about it? Do you think we see the world in much the same way as a camera? This video contends that we don't simply record what we see, we create it by the act of perception.

Discover how a frame can completely change the meaning of what it contains -- whether that frame be a marriage or a work of art. Learn how we tend to fill-in-the-blanks to create a complete picture when pieces are missing. A Telly Award winning video.

Learn:
- Why our need to group objects together creates problems from prejudice to war.
- How we make value judgements based on mis-perception.
- How putting a "frame" around a thing or event can completely change its meaning.
- How our sensory system is also a censoring system.
- Why we see what we believe instead of believing what we see.
- How the "rule of proximity" influences decisions.

Runtime: 24 minutes

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