There’s nothing I can see, so I can’t perceive it..
[ Charles Cameron — on what may yet remain invisible ]
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It is, surely, a matter of both culure and disposition:
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The Dale McKinnon quote is from In the Light of reverence, a documentary presenting native spirituality in conflict with western land uses in Lakota, Hopi and Wintu sacred areas (the Devil’s Tower, Colorado Plateau, and Mt Shasta, respectively):
Highly recommended.
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Saint-Exupery‘s quote, from The Little Prince, offers a possible explanation and response.
Paul Klee on the role of the artist:
Art does not reproduce the visible; it makes visible
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