Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Great Regulars: This book advocates that we "'purify' the senses"

in order "to make them organs of direct perception," adding that "this means we must crush our deep-seated passion for classification and correspondences" and "escape from the terrible museum-like world of daily life, where everything is classified and labeled." Such a life of "pure sensation," the book suggests, "would mean that we should receive from every flower, not merely a beautiful image to which the label 'flower' has been affixed, but the full impact of its unimaginable beauty and wonder."

from Frank Wilson: When Falls the Coliseum: That's What He Said: The full impact of life's unimaginable beauty and wonder

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