LIGHT (as visibility)
Kitty sits on the fence at night, watching the world glow.
Streetlights, windows, screens, stars.
Some things shine loudly. Others are only visible if you know where, and how, to look.
Light is an electromagnetic wave traveling through space. What we see as visible light corresponds to electromagnetic waves with wavelengths in a specific range of approximately 400–700 nanometers.
Electromagnetic waves with shorter wavelengths than visible light — such as ultraviolet, X-rays, and gamma rays — and longer wavelengths — such as infrared, microwaves, and radio waves — are not visible to the human eye.
This limitation is biological, not physical. In physics, all electromagnetic radiation is fundamentally the same phenomenon: light.
What does it mean for our understanding of the Universe that we only perceive a narrow slice of light as “light”?
Imagine how the world would appear if you could sense all electromagnetic radiation — radio waves, Wi-Fi signals, infrared, X-rays.
How would that change what you consider real, present, or important?
What makes you visible to others — your skills, your presence, your way of thinking? And how much does that visibility depend on their ability to perceive your particular “frequencies”?