Coming Into Focus

The Paradox of Detail

Photo by Paul Skorupskas on Unsplash

Those of us who have working vision know about the phenomenon of focus. Whether we have to wear corrective lenses for our eyes, or whether we have just used binoculars, a telescope, a magnifying glass, or a microscope, we know that small visual details can often be made clearer by adjusting the focus of a lens. Lines, edges, and intersection points look sharpest when they are in focus.