I am told, sometimes, to look away... to give myself respite from seeing, from knowing--if at all briefly.

There is... there is no respite from bearing witness.

As a human, yes; but perhaps now, more than at any other time, as a Russian, as a Jew, it's especially important for me--and for others like me--not to turn away. Not to blink. Not to close our eyes. 

Not for a moment. Not for a breath. Not for anything.