We all see light or so we think. I will attempt to convince you that what we experience and what is real are two very different things.
I shall start with an example or two before I move on to the humble photon. Have you ever heard the expression, if a tree falls in the forest and there is no one to hear it fall does it still make a noise?
If you burn your skin but you have no brain will you feel the pain?
So now let us look at light or should I say the photon, when we cast our eyes on an object that emits protons we see the object and determine that it is indeed illuminated, but is it?
Well, I can tell you that what we see is all in our mind, we live in a very dark, very quiet, and painless universe outside of our mind.
We see, hear, and feel by our very senses that relay the information to the brain. What our brain calls sound is just a pressure wave, what our brain calls pain is just a physical force applied to the nerves, and what the brain calls light is just a photon particle that stimulates our optical nerves.
All of the outside phenomena that fall upon us are not what we perceive but what our brain makes of them.
I could elaborate further but It would be best if I just respond to any questions that my topic has stimulated.
Thank you for taking the time to read my post.