Hysterical Blindness

 

"Hysterical blindness is not real blindness at all."

-William James, The principles of psychology, Volume 1

Image: Francesco del Cossa, Detail of St. Lucy (St. Lucia), National Gallery of Art, Washington 

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Acclivity (n)

acclivity (n): an ascending slope

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, 2010.

Image: Scala della torre di Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, circa 1900-05

The Unknown

"The unknown must remain unknown or the novel ends."

— Anne Carson, from Eros The Bittersweet

Image: Raphaelle Peale, Venus Rising from the Sea - A Deception

Irregular Planets

"They are trying to make me into a fixed star. I am an irregular planet."

—Martin Luther, c. 1530

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A Little Space

And we are put on earth a little space,
That we may learn to bear the beams of love.

-William Blake, Songs of Innocence

Photo: Lesley Dill, Flower Hands, 1997