Sophia Levine, Dance 360, Reading Response 8

"Human Perception"
This reading emphasizes that perception is a hugely complicated act that is only synthesized through a number of factors. The the themes that were most interesting to me explored the themes of nature and nurture and of stability and change within perception. In the discussion of nature and nurture as elements of perception, I was struck by the simple but profound conclusion that the authors come to: that, “perception will always be judged in relation to other stimuli in the environment and to past experience”. This relates closely to my senior work. Our present experience is dependent on our context but also our history. Within the theme of stable and changing, there was a lot of talk about movement and physical perception. The authors write, “Perception must sketch the outline of a stable, dependable world and also alert us to change.” Our bodily experience of the world is very sensitive to stability and change, and as such, it seems an ideal medium through which to explore how perception is deeply connected to the environment and past experience. Yay article for helping me better understand my work!