ABSTRACT
This chapter looks at the broad observation strategies, drawing examples from science, art, and everyday life. The practice of slow looking is not an esoteric pursuit, but it is often a strategic one because it involves the intentional use of observation strategies to guide and focus the eye. Like observers of scientific phenomena, connoisseurs of art understand this well. Janos Scholz was a renowned twentieth-century cellist who was almost as famous an art collector as he was a musician. Much of his collection of Italian drawings can now be found at the Morgan Library in New York City, and most of the rest of his vast collection of photographs, prints, and drawings is scattered across well-known museums in the United States. The final observation strategy is juxtaposition, which consists simply of placing objects next to each other with the purpose of bringing forward certain features through comparison.
