that of course things are and have to be what they are. It is giving up our adult, sophisticated, man-or-woman-of-the-world assurance that (as we say) we know it all, that we’ve seen it all before, that there’s nothing new under the Sun, that we have it all taped, that “wow!” is childish and a yawning “so what?” is grown-up. (Suddenly raise your little finger, blink an eyelid, notice the hospitality you’re according to these printed shapes and those sounds - the vividness they owe to the depth and clarity of the room you give them - and admit you have no idea how you perform these and a
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