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Progress often feels invisible—there's no tidy "finished" moment. It may not register for years.

Spending brief moments looking at art, photographs, illustrations, interesting objects, daily chores, or a familiar street builds visual awareness.

Over a few years that accumulated exposure becomes a mental database, producing opinions and ideas.

Even without knowing formal names, preferences and concepts start to form, enabling clearer choices about commissioned work or what resonates — one of the notable peaks in Maslow's hierarchy of needs