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The Muse
Even if you don’t understand words. Understand that they sometimes just need somewhere to go.
sometimes tenacity is a waste of time
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
This document explores the effects of mechanical reproduction on art, discussing the change in perception, the relationship between mass and art, and the influence of technology and politics.
web.mit.eduReading requires commitment. You are entering a relationship with the writer.
Our memories deceive us, there is no dispute there. Ask scientists, ask children, ask writers. Everyone knows they can’t know.
But is there anything to remember?
When I experience this moment with all my senses, I am most certainly always missing something. Maybe then, it is not a question of our ability accurately recall a moment, but our fundament
... See moreWe often think of language as a means to an end, but rarely take the time to consider whether language in itself is influencing our thoughts, not just enabling the sharing of them.
Steph Smith • Gaining Perspective Through Untranslatable Words
But some things were too big to be really trapped in words, and even the words were too powerful to be completely tamed by writing.
Terry Pratchett • Equal Rites: (Discworld Novel 3) (Discworld series)
Cognition is how we make sense of the world. As you may have noticed, we don’t all see the world the same way. As a child, were you as equally obsessed as I was with knowing if we all saw the same green? How can we know?
T. L. Uglow • A Curiosity of Doubts: Penguin Special
Yes! And it felt like there was no way to explain what I was asking. Do you see the same red as I see? By definition, red is red, but that wasn’t what I was asking. I was asking if our souls swapped places and escaped the contextless silos of our individual experiences, what I would see through your eyes?
it is comforting to know the rules of something so you can obey them and be in harmony with others, feeding the “follow the herd” instinct