how do you see people?

I was talking with my friend barbarzinho today and the subject of how we see other people came up. We were sitting in Cafe Borone in Menlo Park. I had just come from a few hours in Filoli (more on it later). He said he didn't identify me with the way I look - or visually - more with my personality and voice. I said I sometimes look in the mirror and am surprised with what I see. What I look like is rarely who I think I am. I don't know what I would expect me to look like, but I am often surprised. We talked about knowing people not visually. On more than one occasion I have looked at friends and seen them different. It's always a strange sensation. It's seeing them on a different level. It's seeing them through a different lens.

The sunshine glinting off a couple grey strands. Seeing a face differently, as if in a dream. A feeling. Affection.