G. Steve Journal

Reflections on photography, art, beauty and the natural landscape.

Deep Pleasure

Artist David Hockney reflects on how our perception of the world may be determined, in part, by what we choose to pay attention to:

"I do get a deep pleasure from looking," he says. "I mean, I can look at a little puddle on a road in Yorkshire and just have the rain falling on it and think it's marvelous. … I see the world as very beautiful."