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Perception is the nature of the image. Awareness is perhaps the best term for the content of the act of apprehending. But there exists the word image, which we must come to terms with because even if we could dispense with it when describing the act of perception, we shall need it when we deal with imagination.

Some psychologists consider the act of percept itself as the most perfect kind of visual image, but it is more usual to regard the image as something divorced from the act or perfection. Memory is the capacity to recall images, in various degrees of vividness; an imagination, is the capacity to relate such images one to another - to make combinations of such images either in the process of thinking, or in the process of feeling. But not everyone has the ability to master such traits. It is especially true in Art education where perception and visualization are primary modes of learning and teaching. It is also an inherent problem whereby 'seeing'and visualizing is becoming more difficult for students with the onslaught of electronic media as images are in 2-D. Visualizing (seeing) is of course important within any artistic activity, and as an Art Educator, I see the need to help students refine and sensitize their feeling.

The visualizing process is an expression that is relational, meaning that both the conceptual and visual representation of elements are brought together and inter-related in a dynamic way to produce a visual composition.

To solve the problem of being able to 'see', one way would be to integrate and make changes such as the introduction of performance as a medium and using the body (which is 3 dimensional) as a tool to help students create 2-D artworks. This would then allow them to 'see' a composition and spatial (the concept of space -positive and negative) elements while making Art.

This paper would investigate the experiential exploration through visualizing a performance. The ultimate result of the research is to develop new ways of 'seeing' Fine Arts for the students and thus create a focus and target for constructive problem-solving.