a sense of depth is intrinsic to seeing things in context. This is true both of the depth of space and the depth of time, but here I would say that it implies, too, a metaphysical depth, a respect for the existence of something at more than one level, as is inevitable in myth or metaphor.
This can be applaid to relationship: see the person as they appear, as the have developed and as the embody their various roles.
If all probems are interpersonal problems, their source is a lack of perceptual depth at one of these ...
