See with your Heart

One of the fascinating things about the English language is that common words can be used with other words to mean something completely different. These special phrases are called idiomatic expressions or idioms.

You probably use these idioms everyday. Probably you have told someone that you made something from scratch. The expression from scratch is an idiomatic expression which means beginning from nothing or beginning without an advantage.

In My most unforgettable Character, what does the father mean when he say An artist must see with his heart? Does he mean that the heart is equipped with faculties for seeing? Of course, not. The heart is commonly believed to be the center of humane feelings like love and sympathy. Therefore, to see with the heart simply means to view or think of something with love. The father in My most unforgettable Character means that an artist loves the things that he sees and that is why he or she can find beauty in them.

Many expressions have the word heart in them. One example is have a heart. Can you think of others?