There is a method for growing rhubarb called forcing. The plant is raised in total darkness, tended only in brief intervals of candlelight. It thrives by reaching toward an absent sun, stretching so fast its growth can be heard. Forcing can weaken the crop, but when done carefully, it yields something sweeter.

I am not making an allegory. I am just saying that some things grow toward what they cannot see, and the growing is not separate from the sweetness.