No single sensory organ, if any, gives us a true picture of reality. In the same way, each artistic medium also presents its own vision. The act of looking at an object or event changes it both figuratively and physically. Every picture is actually a recording of the interaction be- tween the viewer and the viewed.

Only by displaying many images in varying media can the viewer move closer to the essence of the subject. Comparisons of the many perceptions must be made to come to some consensus about how the images com- municate. Compound Perception must be used by the audience to percieve the piece.

When we use the physical, emotional and conceptual disci- plines together to examine our experiences, it is the inter- action of all our resources that makes it possible to perceive. Every aspect of an artistic work affects the way all other aspects are perceived. Lateral imaging is a model of human function.