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π Title: H.D.: Notes on Thought and Vision
ποΈ Published: 2025-07-02T10:00:00-04:00
π Summary: Arthur Rimbaud famously asserted that to truly see, one must become a seer through a "rational derangement of all the senses." In our present image-saturated culture, where much of our sensory world is flattened onto the sterile plane of the screen, the challenge is urgent: to cultivate vision that penetrates beyond mere appearances. This meditation invites us to reclaim the full spectrum of human perception β to feel the moss on the rock, the ocean's salt, the intimacy in a lover's kiss β rather than reduce these to fragments of visual data. It is a call to a heightened awareness and a deeper engagement with the living world, honoring the complexity and richness of sensory experience in an era that diminishes it.
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ποΈ Source: Maria Popova
π #PhilosophyOfSenses #PerceptionAndReality #MindfulSeeing
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