real scenes

Brakhage first opens the reading by asking the reader about our differences in perception and how defined ideas, such as labels for different colors, limit true perception. He then asks us to accept everything we see, whether it is in "real life" or in a day dream... as it is all equally important to visual understanding.  He says that the primitive man had a better understanding of perception, as they didn't allow popular labels and pursuits affect their view of things. Brakhage seems to feel that popular images of things, such as: "birth, sex, death, and the search for God" limit our perception as we focus on these familiar ideas instead of delving into the realm of true perception.