Juxtapositions that Are Not Planned

One thing I can safely say I effectively learned from Hugh Merrill is the ability to stop and look at coincidences between imagery.  Laura Fields talks about how she began to notice the juxtapositions at one point.  They weren't always obvious at first.  I learned this in Hugh's class.  The eye must be trained to notice some of these coincidental juxtapositions.  Since being in Hugh's class, and being at art school, my eye has slowly developed the ability to notice correlations between imagery.  The ability to do this becomes a subconscious thing.  Something that one had to think about and search for at one time can become something natural and obvious.  Learning to make and see these connections, I have learned, is a way to improve one's visual language.  Making these connections can help motivate one into the next project.  It's a good way to step back from what is visually obvious and see a greater, even if unintentional, meaning.