“We must, on pain of idiocy, deny from the very outset the idea that looking at is, by its own nature, intrinsically truer or better than looking along. One must look both along and at everything.”
― C.S. Lewis, Meditation in a Toolshed
C. S. Lewis wrote a little essay called “Mediation in a Toolshed.” It’ brilliant. Read anything and everything by The-Prophet-With-a-Pipe. If you read only one piece, though, start here. “Meditation in a Toolshed” is a quick read.
In it he explained