The anticipatory and artistic imaginations omit and compress; they cut away the periods of boredom and direct our attention to critical moments, and thus, without either lying or embellishing, they lend to life a vividness and a coherence that it may lack in the distracting woolliness of the present.
The Anticipatory and Artistic Imaginations Omit and Compress – “The Art of Travel” – Alain de Botton
June 8th, 2012 · No Comments · Travel
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