Just before Christmas 1999 I went to see a Japanese animation movie, Princess....?. Except for a few commercials over the past 30 or so years I hadn't seen a full-length Japanese movie. I expected sub-titles and got full English (not sure if some of the translations weren't a little too much Americanized).

What fascinated about the movie were the changing points of view and perspectives throughout the movie. Most American animation movies are drawn from a human eye level with occasional aerial perspectives. This movie was drawn from multiple eye levels plus from different perspectives of different characters.

So much for the lead in.

Your challenges if you choose to take them on this week for fun are the following. Choose a separate object (external) or space (internal) each day and use your imagination and rational mind to view it from multiple eye-levels, viewpoints and perspectives. Write down your observations or thoughts after you complete doing it for 10 to 15 minutes.
 
eye-levels

ground
small animal
medium size animal
human
large animal
tree
cloud

viewpoints

yours
a friend's
an enemy's
a relative's (past or present)
a famous person
varying occupations

perspective

internal
external
myoptic
worm's
mosquito's (constantly moving)
giraffe's
microbe's
electron's

Have fun!

Best wishes for a wonderful New Year Celebration to you and yours!

© 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006 Robert Alan Black, Ph.D. CSP