To perceive is to translate — reality into sense, sense into story.
Perception is the interface between the outer world and the inner one. It is not passive; it is an act of shaping, selecting, interpreting. Through perception, the observer renders the unknown into the known, the chaos into symbol.
From eyes and ears to memory and language, perception weaves a personal universe. The same world is seen through different minds — therefore, no two realities are identical.
Much of what is perceived is inferred. We do not just see what is — we see what we expect, what we fear, what we hope. Perception is laced with imagination.