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“and the unseen is proved by the seen, Till that becomes unseen and receives proof in its turn.”
― Song of Myself
― Song of Myself
“The mere flowing of the water is a gaiety,”
― The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens
― The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens
“The very existence of poetry should make us laugh. What is that all about? What is it for?”
― The Collected Poems of Kenneth Koch
― The Collected Poems of Kenneth Koch
“We communicate to each other depthlessly, without the words we use.”
― Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The Letters
― Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The Letters
“modern science itself agrees that we don’t really see with our eyes. They are merely links in a long chain stretching from the sun, through sunlight and atmosphere and illuminated objects, through eye lenses and retinae and optic nerves, right down to particle/wavicle-haunted space in a region of the brain, where at last (it’s said) seeing really occurs.”
― On Having No Head: Zen and the Rediscovery of the Obvious
― On Having No Head: Zen and the Rediscovery of the Obvious
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