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In « Ways of Seeing » Episode 2 (1972, BBC), John Berger speaks about the concept of male gaze, highlighting how men observe women and how women, in turn, watch themselves being observed. Follow us for part 2. #byguessing #shiftingperspective #johnberger

Susan Sontag together with John Berger in 1983. The full interview can be watched on YouTube! From ”John Berger and Susan Sontag To Tell A Story 1983” #SusanSontag #JohnBerger #WaysOfSeeing #OnPhotography #VisualCulture #ArtAndPolitics #CulturalCriticism #TheoryAndAesthetics #SeeingIsReading #PoliticsOfArt #ModernCritique #LiteraryTheory #EssayCulture #RevolutionaryVision #AgainstInterpretation #PhotographyTheory #MarxistArtCriticism #VisualThinking #ImageAndText #HumanistLens #ArtAsResistance #IntellectualGiants #CriticAsArtist #AestheticsMatter #TheorizingTheImage

Books to get you started with Art History! 1. John Berger, Ways of Seeing (1972) 2. Katy Hessel, The Story of Art Without Men (2022) 3. James Fox, The World According to Colour (2021) 4. T. J. Clark, The Sight of Death: An Experiment in Art Writing (2006) 5. Anne Sheppard, Aesthetics: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art (1987) #bookstagram #arthistory #reading #culture #art

Some books don’t just tell stories, they change the way we feel. Susan Sontag believed that great novels educate our sympathies, opening us to lives and emotions we might never encounter ourselves. As we grow older, it’s easy to shrink into habits, routines, and narrow ways of seeing the world. That’s why fiction matters. It cuts through the comfort of what we already know and reminds us how to care again. The self isn’t something finished, it’s something we keep working on. And sometimes, a story is the thing that opens us back up to the world. Source: Susan Sontag interview (2000)| Manufacturing Intellect (YouTube) . . . . #susansontag #novel #books #life #philosophy

What I’m Watching: To Improve My Photography #johnberger John Berger/ Ways of Seeing Episode 1 https://youtu.be/0pDE4VX_9Kk

History Rhymes @chriswillx & @officiallymcconaughey Life doesn’t repeat itself exactly… but it rhymes. Every generation grows up believing it’s living through something completely new. New technology. New culture. New struggles. New ways of seeing the world. But when you zoom out, the pattern starts to look familiar. For every step forward, something from the past fades away. For every new convenience, an old habit disappears. Every gain carries a quiet cost. The ebbs and flows, the debits and assets of life constantly balancing each other out. Maybe that’s the rhythm of existence. There’s a time to build and a time to let go. A time to plant and a time to harvest. A time to speak and a time to listen. A time to hold on and a time to move forward. What we often see as contradictions—love and hate, chaos and order, heaven and hell—might not actually oppose each other the way we think. Somewhere in the middle, they overlap. They balance. They shape each other. And maybe that’s the rhyme. Not that history repeats word for word, but the meaning echoes. The labels change. The tools change. The speed of the world changes. Yet the deeper patterns of human life keep finding their way back. Different verse. Same rhythm. And somewhere in that balance, life keeps writing the next line. #mindfulness #history #time #life #rhymes

📕 “Ways of seeing” by John Berger Thank you for the precious gift @salhaobeaid - I enjoyed reading it #art #perspective #waysofseeing #trick #johnberger #booktok #learnontiktok

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John Berger really ate when he wrote his chapter on the representation of women in art history (from the book Ways of Seeing) #johnberger #waysofseeing #arthistory #feministtheory #womeninarthistory

"I need to have agency in what I'm seeing and what I'm reading, and not let the algorithm tell me what I should be seeing and reading." Comedian and musician Tim Minchin explains why he quit social media. Watch/listen it in full on the latest of Ways to Change the World podcast. #TimMinchin #Socialmedia #Channel4News

Sunday musings… If one really looks, one can see beauty in everything. "Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it" Confucius "Beauty is truth, truth beauty” John Keats “There is a beauty in its shattered state…” Anthony Eyton 2025 I hope that you seek out and find beauty today and every day🙏🏼☺️ #anthonyeyton #artist #waysofseeing #artistseye #inspire #inspirational #inspiration #age #carpediem #love #chairsofinstagram #chairs #ageing

We live and we learn Life teaches us in many different ways and forms #Subconsciousthinkers #lifeteaches #lessonsinlife #waysofseeing