Change in Perspective?

Being able to comprehend that people are different and have differing point of views on topics is an important idea to understand.  It can be quite difficult to put your self in some one else's shoes when they are considering your exhibits and topics in your museum for example.  But what about when you yourself have a change in perspective, how do you come to handle that shift?

To be clear, I am not asking about you change in an opinion you have on a topic.  I am thinking more along the lines of when you are no longer looking from a newcomers perspective.  Examples like:

• Rereading a book, or someone spoiling it for you
• Seeing a movie a second time and noticing what you missed
• Or learning about public history compared to your earlier visits to museums

Architecture and design or two examples that I must have pointed out to all of you at least a dozen times, but once more for good measure. With and addition to 4 years of technical drafting skills added to my design background, I look at it differently when it happens to cross my path again.  I do not just see a room or building with out also making mental note of what some of the hidden design reasons might have been.  When I looked at the work a friend of mine did in their first art class before I left undergrad I was making note of line work and color.  In short I was analyzing and critiquing elements I may not have noticed when I was just an innocent observer admiring a building or art work.

In a way we all did the same thing for this class and our museums class when we made trips to various museum locations and attempted to understand them.  Although we are still only single semester, some of us have a little extra background, how would you compare your visits to museums, archives, parks, or other historic places to before you jumped into public history?  Do you find yourself evaluating their performances, lighting, design, and text or do you just make a mental note?  Do you suspend your sense of disbelief and attempt to fully immerse yourself in the visit experience?