There is beauty in the unseen 

 it goes beyond what eyes perceive 

 through the practice of unlooking. 

 

 We experience it 

 in the most ordinary of things 

 like the sound of silence 

 the gentle sharpening of a pencil 

 the earthy scent of the wood shavings. 

 

 As the cool metal surface 

 rotates beneath my fingertips 

 I consider its role in my drawing rituals 

 

 It enables beauty to take form. 

 

 And in this very moment of creation 

 I think of the beauty 

 I am in search of.