There is, indeed, a considerable therapeutic value in allowing
oneself to be deeply aware of any sight or sound that may arise. 
For one thing, it brings to mind the marvel of seeing and hearing 
as such. For another, the profound willingness to listen to or gaze
upon anything at all frees the mind from fixed preconceptions of
beauty, creating, as it were, a free space in which altogether new
forms and relationships may emerge. 

	- Alan Watts