Seeing is the consequence of optics; observing is the consequence of imaginative contemplation.

Ian Semple, Member of the Universal House of Justice of the Bahá’í faith

. . .

A motley sum of somethings,
Coalesced into a whole.
A fleeting note the soul sings,
To further a choir’s goal.
Smiles alight as cameras flashed,
And all was well in the world.
Yet all delight is gloom-dashed,
As Photography’s spell is hurled.
We are too often offended,
By offenses not meant to offend.
To assist being understood as intended,
“I mean no offense!”, we propend.
These very lines the poet delivers,
With meaning obscure, it quivers.

. . .

Granville D. Austin