But the act of looking at something does not create that thing; neither does the act of not looking annihilate it.*
Viktor Frankl

Staying open-handed, treasuring but not grasping, is critical to the contemplative stance.**
Krista Tippett

Beware the one who squeezes
tightly the name of subject or object;
Welcome the person who appelates
lightly because of what they cannot see and
do not know.

*Viktor Frankl’s The Doctor and the Soul;
**Krista Tippett’s Becoming Wise.