May 31, 2003
That Web Eyes Project has gotten me thinking.
I look into the mirror every day as I put on makeup and do my hair, but I never really look right into my eyes. That’s why when I took their picture, I did it without makeup and without including hair, eyebrows etc. -- no distractions of vanity.
Back in the seventies, I read all kinds of books and articles about how (in general and with most people) the left hemisphere of the brain (the part that process information in a linear, logical, literal way) influences the right side of the body and the right hemisphere of the brain (the part that understands in a holistic, metaphorical, non-linear way) influences the left side.
So, when I look at my two eyes, I notice the distinct difference – both literal and metaphorical – between them. Assuming that the physical characteristics of my right and left eyes are influenced by the opposite brain hemispheres, the metaphors become really interesting.
My right eye (associated with the left brain?) is more open, as though it’s straining to see beyond the obvious. Interestingly enough, the way I angled the photo sheds more light on my right eye. My left eye, on the other hand, is cast in shadow and looks more cynical, less open, more self-protected.
The left and right sides of my body are also different. As I walked in the park yesterday with the sun at my back, I noticed that my right shoulder is lower than my left. I’ll have to ponder what that means.
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the eyes have it on 03 Jun 2003
would an eyeball fall butter-side down? or will the carousel keep spinning? me, i'm liking the brass rings that you have to toss in the clown mouth, even though the short ones can't reach. well, i was short once. who was short ever? sad no-brass-rings....
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Kate S. on 02 Jun 2003
That's funny, I liked your left eye much better than the right eye. (Now is that your left, or my left? Haha! Just kidding.)
The one that is in the shadow shows me wisdom, a sense of humor, fun-ness (is that a word? the ability to have fun?) and somebody I would probably already know, either in this life or next or last, whatever, a cool gal, a cool neighbor or classmate or life friend.
I hated math but always did well at it. I can absorb a foreign language in a quick couple of months, but still have trouble balancing my checkbook. ARGH! So, curiosity made me read all that stuff in the 70's too, even attending classes to "integrate" the left & right side, through art, blindfolded, can you imagine? Of course you can, you have the "eyes."
Don't know that it stuck, but I sure did enjoy the pictures of all the eyes. Love eyes. Cool project!
jenny on 18 Mar 2005
I have a very active Left eye, its interesting, since I'm an artist, right brain. My left eye has all the personality and eyebrow raising when I'm happy. So, your study is right...And I'm not crazy when I see through it seems mostly my left eye when I'm really engaged..cool