I always think that's neat, when you can hear a story told from different points of view, different perspectives.
Truth has many dimensions, and the way you arrive at truth in complex situations is through many perspectives.
My own eyes are not enough for me...I will see through the eyes of others. Reality, even seen through the eyes of many is not enough...I will see what others have invented. Even the eyes of all humanity are not enough. I regret that the brutes cannot write books. Very gladly would I learn what face things present to a mouse or a bee. More gladly still would I perceive the olfactory world charged with all the information and emotion it carries for a dog.
As a Jew, I believe that every argument has a counterargument.
A lawyer actually has to see all sides of a situation. Lawyers actually might be the most understanding human beings.
I have a worm's eye view and a bird's eye view simultaneously and it's immensely helpful to understand what is happening on the shop floor when you are harnessing many talents and telling an intimate story on a large scale.
We need storytelling from all angles. We need men, women, and trans people participating in all aspects of filmmaking; this is the only way we can depolarise the age-old standard of singular perspective.
Poetry, especially traditional Iranian poetry, is very good at looking at things from a number of different angles simultaneously.
