refraction

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refraction

what light passes through .
is vastly more important .
than the light itself

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how does one describe light? light is something that is. without light, every other thing that is becomes an is not. religions use light as the analogy for belief for this very reason (not just religions, of course, but philosophers and poets and truth-seekers and truth-shapers of every stripe). but light is not some thing to be described; its effects and what it affects carry that weight. likewise, any and all filters or prisms or, as in this case, glasses of mexican beer bend the light, alter its truth, reshape how it is seen, perceived, believed. much the same as teachers and preachers and poets bend the light they want you to see so that it can be perceived and believed by you in the way they do. we cannot see light. we can only see what light does. so, how does one describe light?

what light passes through .
will alter our perception .
of the light itself