what does the Artist see?

Last night Chase and I went to the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. We went to their After Hours event, which is held every Thursday night from 6pm-8pm. During this time a local band plays in the main lobby, people can either sit and listen, or walk through the museum enjoying the art exhibits while hearing music all throughout the building.
The reason we decided to go is because our friend Elise interns there as a part of her Masters degree. She is currently pursuing a Masters in Art Administration from the University of New Orleans. We wanted to support her and show her that what she's interested in is important to us.
In any case, it was an awesome experience. When I was younger I can remember going to museums and not being able to wait to get out of them! But last night was just fun. To be able to see all the various depictions of the south; from slavery, to religion (Jesus, Elvis, and Robert E. Lee), to 1950s-60s architecture (the one legged Tulip Chair), to beautiful landscapes of wide open spaces...it was all just sort of consuming. Consuming in the sense that Chase and I spent two hours in the Ogden simply looking quietly at images on the various canvases, not realizing two hours had even passed. Art has a way of making me slow down and take everything in.
What was amazing to me were the different titles given to each piece of art. Looking at the image created on canvas, or through sculpture, I could guess what the artist wanted to get across to his/her viewers, however not until I read the title did I gain a deeper insight into what the artist truly intended to convey. To read the title, and then look back at the image, brought the image to life all the more as well as provided me with a chance to see through the artist's eyes. I could know only so much about the image before me, until I read the name given to it by the artist. I could make all the assumptions I wanted about the art, but until I read the title I couldn't know for sure if what I was perceiving was the point the artist wanted to make. (even still some of the titles left me a bit unsure.)
The same is true about us as individuals. Undoubtedly all we have to do is look around and notice that every individual is a walking piece of art. We can perceive all we want, assume all we want about others... even about ourselves, but until we get to know the person (or ourselves) we cannot truly understand where someone is coming from. There is an Artist that has given each one of us a specific title to convey a specific purpose, and until we take the time to be still, respect the Artist enough to try and see through His eyes, and discover the "title" all we will end up doing is assuming -- and quite possibly assuming incorrectly. What is truly amazing is that we do not have to stop at the artistic creation, but we also have the ability to form a relationship with the Artist. A relationship which enables us to question and wonder and go deeper into the heart of the Artist. In doing so He reveals His purposes, which in turn causes our perceptions to change, our assumptions to give way to knowledge, and our world views to become altered.