blur

When Monica used to sketch or paint, sometimes she’d squint her eyes.  An ophthalmologist would say she has perfect vision with her eyes open.  This is true.  It is also true, as Monica would explain, that when she paints, she can see better with her eyes squinted.  You might see the next few lines better if you squint your eyes, or blur your vision.

Psychology, Morelli says, is a tired old word.

William James wrote to his brother Henry complaining that the latter’s novels were too psychological.

I have a terrible time reading the novels of Henry James.

Gilles Deleuze wrote Anti-Oedipus.

Gilles Deleuze called his philosophy “pragmatics.”

William James was a founder of pragmatism.

So much for clear vision.

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