...of a beholder...

Maybe, when we look into people's eyes, we actually see ourselves, looking inwards. Rather than finding in there some inner consciousness, obscured from a work-a-day world, all we see is that world, in microcosm, an everyday world, rarefied - like an etching on a tiny ivory tablet (not that I condone killing elephants for such things, mind). All this puppy-pontificating is, of course, a blatant excuse to post an image from my newly acquired Zuiko 50mm f2 macro lens... mmm...