Seeing- Annie Dillard

“What you see is what you get…nature is very much a now-you-see-it, now-you-don’t affair.”

A lot of what Annie Dillard is trying to convey is that you have to look closely and keep your eyes open to see the good things in life. Everything is in detail. She talks about when she is little and she saw everything and how she misses that. Now she passes thing by and she is missing out on so much that nature can offer. She says late that nature is a free gift, but in order to see this free gift you have to watch closely because it can be there one second and gone the next.

“The lover can see, and the knowledgeable.”

Here she goes to visit her aunt and uncle who live on a ranch and have lived with horse forever. She tries to draw a horse and everyone criticize it. Her see is saying when you love something or know so much about it, you recognize the small details that no one else can see. When you are passionate about it you can pay attention to small details and find so much more than a first glance. There for the people who love and know, are the once who can see all.