The art is closely related to: Pragmatism, because seeing in this way often gives you a much closer connection to anticipated experience, rather than propositional belief; Reductionism, because seeing in this way often forces you to drop down to a lower level of organization, look at the parts instead of your eye skipping over the whole; Hugging the query, because words often distract you from the question you really want to ask; Avoiding cached thoughts, which will rush in using standard words, so you can block them by tabooing standard words; The writer’s rule of “Show, don’t tell!,” which
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