Thank you :) I think you managed to describe how I see art. When I look at an image I don't see the whole image initially. I see "elements" of it...lots of elements. It's only after my eyes have finished taking in each element that the image comes together as a whole. For example, in a victorian scene of a Queen knighting someone, my eyes see a lady, her hair style, her face, the style of her dress, it's colour and the way it drapes, the pose, a chair, steps, the material they're made from etc. It's only after I've examined each of those elements that I am able to finally see the whole thing as a complete image. Basically I read images like a read a book...word by word.

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi