this how is it

I doubt not that art would be less common if everyone "stopped and smelled the roses." As a distillation of perception, art comes as "no surprise" to those who practice perceiving. Of course, many do not, and are amazed by art; it reminds them to look, listen, feel, pause, and breathe again. But even we who do notice, have not "the same" perception as each other that does: theirs is a "different" notice. Noteworthy, then, is the ink that takes familiar material and forms a poem. After all, the sounds of a song are familiar sounds--"mere" frequencies--and there is never a "new" colour of paint under the sun. But the artist says, "this is how I see it," or, "this is how I see it," or, "this is how I see it," and this "how" is "it": art.