I can remember using this book in my undergraduate studies as a resource, it was especially helpful when I was struggling in my first studio class/ painting from from observation. I made connections to the previous Vermeer literature we read in that Berger addresses  the painting” Woman Pouring Milk”. He states that “although the silence and stillness permeates the actual material…  what we make of that painted moment when it is before our eyes depends upon what we can expect from art, and that in turn depends today upon how we have already experienced ” (31). I feel like the same can be thought of with drawing, I feel that drawing can be intimidating for students. An older art teacher told me today that teaching the ” elements and principals” was outdated and should no longer be taught.  But I disagree, I can remember studying masters, when I was younger, Monet, Van Gogh, Renoir and other impressionists. This process, I feel, taught me to truly paint, form, objects, render light and shadows. Ways of seeing can be approached from multiple lenses I think….