Looking with your whole body

from Richard Whittaker's interview with artist Jane Rosen on Parabola

'RW:  Who sees?'

'JR:  It’s a conference. It’s not a “who.” When I speak of seeing, I feel that the mind is open and in a relationship to the hands working, which opens a feeling of being more fully alive. That is what I call seeing.

More than one part of you needs to see. You can’t see with your head alone. You can’t see with your heart alone, because it’s very partial. You can’t see with your body alone because, basically, I don’t want to put down the cigarette or the cake.'

Put down the cigarette, Bonnie.