Seeing



SEEING EXERCISES

 Eyeball Muscles It is claimed that holding the eye positions shown for a few seconds (be precise and increase time gradually to avoid strain} each day will restore a true rotundity to the eyeball. The exercise will also massage the eyeball. The order indicated in the diagram may be followed or you may choose your own. However, be methodical. Movements between the positions should be slow and steady, the eye focusing naturally. Do not neglect to blink regularly.

 Tense Lense MusclesThe other muscular operation of the eye is the focusing of the lense inside the eyeball. People often tire their eyes by using them for long periods at a fixed focal length. If this tends to happen in your occupation, take one minute to smoothly shift your focus from near to far objects. Repeat this many times. Try and relax your eyes so that everything goes out of focus, then after a few seconds snap back into focus on something within range.

 Focused Observation Choose a small familiar object from your domestic surroundings that possesses detail. A matchbox, clock, radio, ornament, coin, key, postcard, brush, shoe, book, plant, identity card, mug, cushion, lamp, pencil, painting, cassette, toothpaste, all will do. Begin to observe it very closely. The exercise should last a definite time. Ten minutes is a good timespan. If you cannot keep up an intense level of concentration for this long, you will find that drawing the object is a good aid. Don't worry if you can't 'draw a likeness'. Make verbal notes of every new observation you don't draw, This is an important ritual of consolidation. A new object every day will give you 360 degrees of extra texture in a year. By this time your sense will reach a magical level of efficiency.

 Estimating Dimensions Every time you go into a new room estimate the dimensions by eye. Note these down and then measure them with a pocket tape. How many rooms do you have to enter before you are accurate within one foot?

Spend five minutes going around your home estimating the dimensions of things and then checking them with a pocket tape. Continue daily for ten days, rest and assess your improvement. Continue in periods of five or ten days until you can guess dimensions including diameters within one centimeter.

Cut various random lengths from a ball of string. Each length is let fall On a separate part of the floor. Guess the lengths and check against ruler. Take five minutes and continue daily for ten days or until required accuracy is attained. Pre-set goal.

 Colour Composition Collect objects and scraps of uniform colour. Cut areas from coloured packaging, materials and plastic. Collect leaves/wood/flowers until you have filled a small cardboard box. Then arrange the pieces on a long wall, in a rainbow sequence, so that one colour will flow into the next. The scraps are then used to make a collage or picture for which there are no formal rules.

 Using Peripheral Vision a. A group of people run in random patterns within a room. Play Dodgem. Use peripheral vision to avoid collisions. Walking quickly through a crowded street/market etc. we use the same faculty.

b. Stand staring straight ahead. A colleague introduces objects into your cone of vision from behind. Say when you first see the object and then try to identify it without moving you eyeballs. Start with large brightly coloured geometric objects and move on to smaller more camouflaged objects. Assess each other's progress.

 Estimating Centre of Gravity a graphic exercise