I think I was 15 or 16, trick or treating with my little brothers. A guy on a porch told me it was disgraceful to be a teenager trick or treating and asked why I wasn’t doing something with a girl instead.

That guy was definitely totally wrong and out of line, but it did make me realize that I don’t particularly enjoy going to people’s houses and giving them the opportunity to say shit like that. So now I buy candy whenever I want.

I assume that, over time, you’ve memorized where everything in your living space is. You have some idea of what shape the space around you takes.

Seeing is knowing what shape a space takes without trial and error. The depth of a room or the texture of a couch. Knowing where an item is without having to touch it, or be told where it is.

How it feels… it feels safe. Seeing makes me feel safer. That’s the only word that comes to mind.