Very simply, we observe objects through our senses. Thus we look at objects to see them, listen to sounds to hear them, touch surfaces to feel them, sniff odors to smell them, and mouth substances to taste them. We can observe what is present, but not what isn't present. Whatever isn't present to our senses we can only imagine by means of introspection.

Naturally, all of us do both observation and introspection, but it is a rare individual who does an equal amount of each. The vast majority of us, maybe 85%, spend most of our waking hours looking at, listening to, and touching objects in our immediate presence, and very little of our time introspecting, that is, making inferences, imagining, daydreaming, musing, or wondering about things not in our presence… and there is more where that came from.from reading your stories i notice that you are a very observant person… and its truly a gift to be able to take yourself out of ones mind and view things as an outsider lookin in. iam envious of your ability. you can tell so much about a person by just watching them and observing them.i think you can get great wisdom and truth about people and the world we live in by observing others…thanks for sharing all your stories,entries and poems.. i enjoy them immensely. until next time..
shay