QUESTION: WICH ONE OF THESE 3 PICTURES IS THE REAL TOWER BRIDGE?

ANSWER: NONE. WE LOOK AT REPRESENTATION, NOT AT THE REAL BRIDGE.

SURE ENOUGH, THE TRAVEL AGENT WON'T USE THE THIRD ONE TO ADVERTISE ITS TRAVEL PACKAGE. IF WE NEED TO KNOW HOW TO GET THERE WE DON'T WANT THE FIRST ONE, BUT WE ALL EXPECT TO SEE IT LIKE THAT AFTER WE SPENT THE MONEY FOR OUR TRIP TO LONDON.

WHAT WE SEE, WHAT WE PERCEIVE, WHATR WE EXPECT. THE PERCEPTION OF REALITY IS FLEXIBLE ALSO ACCORDING TO OUR MOOD. WHAT AFFECTS US IS ALSO AFFECTS OUR PERCEPTION.

(SEE ALSO PHENOMENOLOGY OF PERCEPTION, MAURICE MERLOU-PONTY.)

"SPIRIT DOES NOT STOP AT THE MERE APPREHENSION OF THE EXTERNAL WORLD BY SIGHT AND HEARING; IT MAKES INTO AN OBJECT FOR ITS INNER BEING WHICH THEN IN ITSELF DRIVEN, ONCE AGAIN IN THE FORM OF SENSUOUSNESS, TO REALIZE ITSELF IN THINGS, AND RELATES ITSELF TO THEM AS DESIRE". ( HEGEL'S INTRODUCTION TO AESTHETICS PG 36).