layers of seeing--octavio ocampo

After seeing Ocampo's "Visions of Quixote," I began thinking of how his work represents our ways of seeing we've been exploring in this course.

I was intrigued by one of our last conversations about only seeing what we do because of overstimulation or necessity or interest in terms of interacting with our visual culture. This Don Quixote I chose because looking beyond the obvious you see another story--the same goes for our visual culture. These past few weeks exploring the less obvious facets has opened a new layer of seeing as I interact with advertisement, television, newspapers, magazines, and even the art that hangs so comfortably in my classroom about which I rarely give thought.

I am beginning to at once see in these images the sort of strong heroic front juxtaposed with not only the sad and pathetic idealists in the culture but also the manipulators of power and money. I may be a little out there with these comparisons, but it certainly makes sense in my quixotic mind:)