Have you ever tried to simply look at something? To take in the colors and shapes, and nothing more? It’s not as easy as it sounds. We tend to instantly interpret what we’re seeing, to apply labels, categories, identifiers; a level of symbolic interpretation. This helps us to make sense of the world, but it can prevent us from seeing what’s really there. Similarly, in a programming setting, we might find ourselves searching fruitlessly for a bug, only to realize it was in front …