ABSTRACT
The term slow looking uses the vernacular of the visual, but it is important to emphasize that learning through prolonged observation can occur through all of the senses. The event was credited with sparking the slow food movement, which celebrates local foods, sustainable food production, and the slow enjoyment of the traditional pleasures of the table. A high school student might get a chance to practice slow looking in an art history class or a science lab. But developing the capacity to observe the world slowly isn't usually put forth as a core educational goal. Slow looking is a healthy response to complexity because it creates a space for the multiple dimensions of things to be perceived and appreciated. But it is a response that, while rooted in natural instinct, requires intention to sustain.
