Conceptual Perception

Reading the first chapter in Art Fundamentals Theory and Practice Twelfth Edition, I read about conceptual perception and it says " Artists who are inspired by imaginative concepts are called "conceptual" artists. Leonardo da Vinci, writing in his Treatise on Painting, recorded an experience with conceptual perception while studying clouds: "On one occasion above Milan, over in the direction of Lake Maggiore, I saw a cloud shaped like a huge mountain made up of banks of fire..." Elsewhere, he recommends staring at stains on walls as a source of inspiration." Also that Victor Hugo found many of his ideas for drawings by studying coffee stains on tablecloths. And that's when I realized I am a conceptual artist. Every time I look at something patters on old wood doors, trees, dots on the ceiling, works of art my imagination goes wild. I think of all these things just from a simple word, mark, shape or design. I always say how when I look at something I see things other people don't see and I never knew how to explain it and there it is! "When the imagination triggers this creative vision and suggests addition images, the artists are employing conceptual perception."