Analyzing like an Analyzer

I just read an article in commarts.com about Singing like a Singer, by Wendy Richmond, a visual designer and writer, about how she attempted to sing along with one of her favorite songs like she was actually a singer, and she learned things that had never before occurred to her, in the many times prior, listening to this song.

I find that any time you try to change your perspective, you learn new things.  If you are upset with a room mate, sibling, spouse, or co-worker, but then genuinely try to see things from their point of view, you learn a little bit of how their brain works. You learn their motivations and desires.

The more you learn, the more varied your perspective is. It's like "the cow principle" in Econ:

Once you see the cow you will always see the cow (your perspective is changed forever).

Now you can choose to ignore it, and look at what looks like a fence behind the cow once you have seen it, but you know the cow is there.
Similarly with advertising, once you know the principle you can't help but look at commercials and think, "they're using this principle."  One example for me is fast food logos. Many of them are red due to color theory: red psychologically and subconsciously makes people hungrier.
Or with statistics, once you learn basic principles you become more wary of ambiguous statistics.
Or with music once you know what a final cadence sounds like you are apt to notice when it is used.

Basically this principle applies to every aspect of life.  Perspective is everything!

Just Listening

I'm beginning to take Socrates ideas of finding truth to heart.  He believed that by deliberating with his fellow man he could come to truth.  I believe that just by listening you can come to truth.  People love to talk about themselves, their ideas, their days, their personality, their life and everyone has a unique spin, perspective and philosophy. So when you listen it broadens your horizons tyo things you may have never considered.  I have found that most of the answers (lately) that I have been looking for came out of the mouths of people who were pondering just like me.  With millions, and even billions of people in the world, we don't need to seek knowledge with blinders on, that would defeat the purpose.