What we see of things is things. Why would we see one thing as being another? Why is it that seeing and hearing would deceive us If seeing and hearing are seeing and hearing? The main thing is knowing how to see, To know how to see without thinking, To know how to see when you see, And not think when you see Or see when you think. But this (poor us carrying a clothed soul!), This takes deep study, A learning to unlearn And sequestration in freedom from that convent Where the poets say the stars are the eternal brothers, And flowers are penitent nuns who only live a … Continue reading Alberto Caeiro (Fernando Pessoa)