Artists don’t see more than you. They just look longer before deciding what they saw.

Most of what looks like talent is time spent before the conclusion. An artist gets the same light you do; the difference is that they keep looking past the point where you have decided what the thing is, and those extra seconds are where the detail shows up. Deciding fast is efficient and costs you accuracy. Looking longer can be learned.

Pick something ordinary this week and look at it for a full minute without naming it. A hand, a tree, the edge of a building.