目察百步,不能了了,而欲以所见为有,所不见为无,则天下之所无者,亦必多矣。
眼睛看百步以内的东西,尚且没法看得一清二楚,而要把自己看见的就认为是实际有的,没有看见的就认为是没有的,这样的话天下所没有的东西,可就多了。
The poem is a way of holding on to what otherwise would be lost.
"La literatura es una forma de resistencia, de decir 'aquí estoy' frente a todo lo que quiere silenciarnos."
It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.
We don't follow trends, we just make what feels right to us.