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Excerpts from a Letter Pt. 2— Perspective vs. Perception
The perception of beauty! It is not a goal to acquire but rather a kind of excavation, is it not? Ah, but perspective is the key, isn’t it? Not perception alone. No. The proper perspective is the key to true perception of true beauty. How can we see fully and rightly if we do not see accurately, if our perspective is distorted? Additionally, how will we know whether we have perceived the greatest and most satisfying beauty unless we possess and perceive from the very highest, keenest, and most advantageous perspective? Of course, we cannot; it is impossible to know... unless... there is some meter, some indicator pre-habitant inside of us, something which makes us thirst for adventure, pursue a higher degree of this or that, which says... “This just isn’t enough. This just isn’t doing it. I need more, something better. I’m not satisfied. There’s got to be more. I must have more...”
...But... if we do possess this “Indicator” (which apparently must transcend our alternate means of perception, must perceive according to a perspective transcendent of our physical, mental, and emotional means of perception), then we will know that there is more, that there is something higher, greater, better; that there is the very real potential that there is something in existence, neither yet perceived nor experienced (at least not fully), which is infinitely more substantial and meaningful than what we currently perceive and experience.
And if we understand that this is the case, that we perceive that which is truly substantial and satisfying according to and by means of the perspective resident inside this unidentified transcendent Element resident in us, it is only reasonable to conclude that herein lives the sole actualization of our identity. We conclude that this Element is us in the truest sense, that it is who we really are, not what the mechanizations of the human body can take in or calculate (which is exceedingly transient and subject to change), but rather something which is intrinsic to us, something which can neither be extricated nor destroyed (that is, destroyed in the sense of being made to become nonexistent). It is, and it cannot not be; nor can it, at its core, become anything different from what it is. However, it can become neglected and malnourished, diseased and estranged, thus losing preeminence as the internal spokesman of the human, the loser in a competition of voice and influence.
This Element is a spyglass of sorts; it perceives beyond one’s present frame of reference. It is like a Spyglass which always points the right direction, which always sees rightly whether we choose to look into it or not. So I suppose that one who would choose to look through it would naturally perceive things which others who do not choose to look through it would not see, for the former individual will have perceived through a superior and heightened perspective.
Perhaps these are all mere conjectures...? I will allow you to determine this.
But, logically, we can only properly pursue, fully discover, and ultimately acquire that which we have at least taken notice of and have chosen to look upon. Otherwise we will inevitably end up pursuing something else which we have looked upon, though it may be infinitely inferior to that which we could have pursued. What a tragedy that would be! A lifelong voyage charted toward an unworthy end. May it never be so.
...But... if we do possess this “Indicator” (which apparently must transcend our alternate means of perception, must perceive according to a perspective transcendent of our physical, mental, and emotional means of perception), then we will know that there is more, that there is something higher, greater, better; that there is the very real potential that there is something in existence, neither yet perceived nor experienced (at least not fully), which is infinitely more substantial and meaningful than what we currently perceive and experience.
And if we understand that this is the case, that we perceive that which is truly substantial and satisfying according to and by means of the perspective resident inside this unidentified transcendent Element resident in us, it is only reasonable to conclude that herein lives the sole actualization of our identity. We conclude that this Element is us in the truest sense, that it is who we really are, not what the mechanizations of the human body can take in or calculate (which is exceedingly transient and subject to change), but rather something which is intrinsic to us, something which can neither be extricated nor destroyed (that is, destroyed in the sense of being made to become nonexistent). It is, and it cannot not be; nor can it, at its core, become anything different from what it is. However, it can become neglected and malnourished, diseased and estranged, thus losing preeminence as the internal spokesman of the human, the loser in a competition of voice and influence.
This Element is a spyglass of sorts; it perceives beyond one’s present frame of reference. It is like a Spyglass which always points the right direction, which always sees rightly whether we choose to look into it or not. So I suppose that one who would choose to look through it would naturally perceive things which others who do not choose to look through it would not see, for the former individual will have perceived through a superior and heightened perspective.
Perhaps these are all mere conjectures...? I will allow you to determine this.
But, logically, we can only properly pursue, fully discover, and ultimately acquire that which we have at least taken notice of and have chosen to look upon. Otherwise we will inevitably end up pursuing something else which we have looked upon, though it may be infinitely inferior to that which we could have pursued. What a tragedy that would be! A lifelong voyage charted toward an unworthy end. May it never be so.
Published 1st Sep 2014
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