Writer's Block: Vision Test

[Error: unknown template qotd]I'm actually going to answer one of these blasted things because I Have A Thought.

As of yesterday, coincidentally, I finally figured out where I stand on this issue.  I absolutely believe in loving a concept at first sight; by which I mean, one might see a person whose appearance, bearing, behavior, and aesthetic presentation immediately evoke certain concepts in the beholder's mind: the beholder comes into this situation already loving the concept to which they attach these stimuli, therefore some sense of love for the beholdee is evoked.  If the beholder is passing fortunate, the beholdee might actually embody a significant portion of those concepts, but this is most likely not the case at all.

(You see, I was standing en queue yesterday, and a fellow came into the building briefly to grab a paper or something.  Long hair, long coat, cane, narrow and angular features.  I was immediately smitten simply by observing this.  The fellow went on his way after getting the paper, I stared after him yearningly, and I felt love for the concepts this had kindled in my mind.  Whether I would actually have loved the gentleman, had he in fact gotten in the queue and had I the nerve to speak to him and get to know him, is a whole different ball of wax.)