Your comments about perception as a result and not a cause (of point of view) resonant for me about life attitud, but make me wonder about something like synesthesia. Some perceptions are neurologically-based and appear to be persistent. Although my impression from Brian Alvarez from Cal's neuropsychology dept. is that our brains are "plastic" (minds too?). No one knows if synesthesia is from birth or developed. It doesn't seem to be changeable but who knows. It is scertainly a really cool way of becoming aware of how one perceives. In fact, one of my friends discovered he has synesthesia while talking with the guests at the bar after the show last night.