Ways of Seeing

When, like now, I’m in the early stages of working on a new novel, one of the most important things I’m trying to figure out is how the protagonist sees the world, what they notice that others don’t.

“If you go on a walk in the woods, what you see depends on the season and the particular path you take through it. More than anything, though, what you see in the woods depends on the eyes that you are seeing it through. A birder, a hunter, an entomologist, a soil ecologist, a real estate developer, and an artist will all see different things.” -Deb Chachra, How Infrastructure Works