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"AN ARTISTs PERCEPTION IS NOT LIMITED TO WHAT IS BIOLOGICALLY OR SOCIALLY USEFUL.
ITS A KNOWLEDGE OF THE INTRINSIC SIGNIFICANCE OF EVERY EXISTENCE."
domingo, 18 de febrero de 2007
viernes, 16 de febrero de 2007
jueves, 15 de febrero de 2007
THE DOORS OF PERCEPTION
ALDOUS HUXLEY
1894 - 1963
How He Explains Our "Reduced Awareness":
"THE SUGGESTION IS THAT THE FUNCTION OF THE BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM AND SENSE ORGANS IS IN THE MAIN ELIMINATIVE AND NOT PRODUCTIVE.
EACH PERSON IS CAPABLE OF REMEMBERING ALL THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO HIM AND OF PERCIEVING EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING EVERYWHERE IN THE UNIVERSE.
TH FUNCTION OF THE BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM IS TO PROTECT US FROM BEING OVERWHELMED & CONFUSED BY THIS MASS OF LARGELY USELESS AND IRRELEVANT KNOWLEDGE BUT SHUTTING OUT MOST OF WHAT WE SHOULD OTHERWISE PERCIEVE OR REMEMBER AT ANY MOMENT AND LEAVING ONLY A VERY SMALL AND SPECIAL SELECTION WHICH IS LIKELY TO BE PRACTICALLY USEFULL
ACCORDING TO THIS THEORY EACH ONE OF US IS POTENTIALLY A "MIND AT LARGE"
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