"the Impact of Perception"

"The Impact of Perception"
Lindsay and I were at the Dallas Museum of Art last night. We had some time to kill, so I started taking silly pictures. I love these!

The plaque on the wall: "Is this the creator and his monster?... Or the creator and his figurine?" 
Then in closing the artist writes, "It is important not to think that playful thinking isn't important thinking."

So here is my playful yet "important" thinking....


None of our perceptions...our reality... is truth.
They may be part of the truth or pieces of the truth, but our reality isn't truth. The reality of picture #1 is a small Linsday where picture #2 clearly shows an enormous Lindsay. While both are the true reality of the photo, niether is the truth.

This got me thinking. What areas of my life do I respond based on my perception of reality? ALL of them. What words do I toss around as fact? What choices do I feel obligated to make? What would I do, say, be differently if I had another's perspective.

At 27 I can already say that my perspective is different than it was at 17. As a mom my perspective is different, than when I slept happily until noon on Sat. mornings. Co-workers constantly insinuate that my perspective is different as a 'white girl' So, here I am making all of my life choices based on something that changes with age, season, gender and race.

So now I am wrestling with that whole Jesus, truth, setting you free, the way.. the truth.. the life thing. How do I gain unbias perspective.. gain His truth? Maybe I will just go take more cool pics.