Many people ask that question when encountering a building or work of art which is not within their current knowledge experience.

Current civilizations, those that go forward instead of backwards, express themselves in the life of their times. They learn from the past but do not copy it.

All art, and other expressions of life, are not to be photographic reproductions of what we see but looking at life and reality from various points and interpretations.

“Established artists are always looking for freshness and a beginners mind.”

Life has many depths and interpretations and view points.

Don’t limit your experience to that which you already know.

Look at things in ways that are different from how you did previously.

Look at something for what it is and not what it “is suppose to be” because it does not represent reality as you have previously viewed it.

Expand and grow and try new ways of looking at objects.

It can be a wonderful new experience for you.

Food for thought.