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We’re All Afloat in a Boundless Sea

We’re All Afloat in a Boundless Sea

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Sep 25, 2022
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Art: Ernst Ferdinand Oehme

Perception is reality. There is nothing else. Just like in a dream.

We’re all afloat in a boundless sea, and the way we cope is by massing together in groups and pretending in unison that the situation is other than it is. We reinforce the illusion for each other.

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