20100724

角度和框框

同一事物,可以從不同的角度看,看到的面貌可以有很大分別,但不能說從哪一個特定的角度看到的,才是真相;從不同的角度看到的,可以是真相的不同方面。這個「看」,當然不只是指視覺,也比喻對事物的了解和判斷。

以上所說的沒有新意,是大家早已明白的(雖然在固執己見的時候,我們很容易忽略其他的角度);我只是想從角度說到另一個比喻。角度在攝影中很重要,因為取角不同,效果迥異;除了角度,攝影也講究framing(在這裏姑且譯做「框框」),同一角度,可以有不同的框框,效果亦可以因而有很大差別。例如:



美國國會大廈看來距離這間酒店不遠。角度大致一樣,但框框不同:



國會大廈看來便遠多了。

應用到對事物的了解和判斷上,除了角度,我們還受框框的限制;有框入,就必有框出,在框外的,就是沒有考慮的東西。為甚麼要框框呢?我們的認知力有限,在大多數情況下都沒有能力兼顧所有有關的因素,而必須要有集中點,才可以建立了解和判斷;這個集中點和關連的幾個考慮點,就成了一個框。

即使在某一個特定的角度,也難做到all things considered。多了這一點警惕,便少了幾分武斷。

11 則留言:

  1. 真係差好遠。第二張應該係用廣角鏡頭拍的

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  2. thanks for the friendly reminder :)

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  3. //我們還受框框的限制;有框入,就必有框出,在框外的,就是沒有考慮的東西//

    In terms of research (at least in science and engineering), multidisciplinary teams are getting very common because that allows the team as a whole to view the research (project) in many different 'angles'

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  4. CYC,

    第二張應沒有用廣角鏡,第一張則用了zoom lens。

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  5. RandomCoil,

    I try to make a distinction between angles (perspectives, points of view) and framing. In any case, I think you are right about multidisciplinary research.

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  6. Oh... I read your piece again and yes...

    but does 'framing' determine our 'point of view'?

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  7. RandomCoil,

    That's not how I understand framing. You can have different framings from the same point of view because you can focus on, and hence also leave out, different things.

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  8. “Las Meninas” or “The Family of Philip IV” is a classic visual demonstration of framings. catcat is in the process to understand...share with you all.

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  9. Wong,

    Your writing reminds me of the following,

    When we want to correct someone usefully and show him he is wrong, we must see from what point of view he is approaching the matter, for it is usually right from that point of view, and we must admit this, but show him the point of view from which it is wrong. This will please him, because he will see that he was not wrong but merely failed to see every aspect of the question. (701)
    from Pensees -- Pascal

    alan

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