The art of seeing

Photographers are a funny mob. We get so involved in how to do things, or how that effect is done etc, that we often forget that photography is about seeing and painting with light.
What camera do you use, or what lens or what f stop are always bandied around when photographers get together. You don't often see photographers spending much time developing their eye.
Our vision, in reality is the only thing that separates us from each other. As creatives we need to be practicing daily our craft, our vision, our eye. Yeah I know as working shooters there is a whole lot of other stuff we have to do, like paperwork, marketing promotion and just simple talking to clients. All that stuff gets in the road of us training at our chosen vocation. Can you imaging a pro footballer, golfer or tennis playing not practicing daily, instead doing the other stuff. How long do you think professional sports people would last if they didn't practice.