Look!

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything much better.
                                                                                                       --Albert Einstein

Such a wise man, and yet so human! While most of his work was based on math, Einstein had much of the artist about him.  His work was creative; in fact, some of his most famous work was done by "thought experiment."  His son, Hans Albert Einstein, was quoted in Einstein: A Centenary Volume about his father, " . . .he had a character more like that of an artist than of a scientist as we usually think of them.  For instance, the highest praise for a good theory or a good piece of work was not that it was correct nor that it was exact but that it was beautiful."

We say that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder," but I would respectfully amend that to "beauty is in the attention of the beholder."  Sometimes it take a while to really see something.  We humans literally can't see what's in front of our eyes without taking some time and directing our attention to something for just a little bit longer than we usually allow.

Suddenly, details spring to life.  We see the vein patterns in a dragonfly's wing, or the furry texture of a leaf, or the true expression in someone's eyes.  Sometimes that closer look is obtained through the lens of a camera, and sometimes it becomes visible because of an unusual perspective. But Einstein was right; understanding is right before our eyes.