A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked through the water.
I am not a painter, nor an artist. Therefore I can see straight, and that may be my undoing.
There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water.
Vision looks outward and becomes aspiration.
As social beings we live with our eyes upon our reflection, but have no assurance of the tranquillity of the waters in which we see it.
We must always tell what we see. Above all, and this is more difficult, we must always see what we see.
Seeing is in itself a movement.
Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place in terms of what's important and what's not.
The eye sees what it brings the power to see.
To have a huge, friendly whale willingly approach your boat and look you straight in the eye is without doubt one of the most extraordinary experiences on the planet.
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