Vision is not the ability to see the future, but rather the ability to clearly see the present, evaluate it in the contexts of social, political and cultural environments, and then imagine what the future could look like. Vision is about clarity; seeing beyond conventions, habits, surface reactions and disinformation—to reveal a true picture of a problem or condition. It is supremely important that we help each student develop his or her clear and unique vision. The first key to how we teach students to see clearly is through teaching them critical thinking. This manifests in several areas in the education of an artist/designer: through teaching about culture and politics, through teaching how to research, through teaching about processes in the develop-ment of meaningful work, and through helping students discover where they can fit in the sociopolitical world. There are also effective exercises in developing how students see, in courses such as photography, typography, drawing and creative writing. In these courses, students can be challenged to view objects, places, people and situations through a variety of different lenses. Upon completion of courses like these, students often see the world around them differently. It is important to emphasize, at this point, that the vision each student develops must be his or her own, and not overly influenced, or determined, by the vision of the teacher. We are serving the student’s individual growth only as far as we are able to help them develop their own unique vision.