“Every object, however near the eye, has something about it which you cannot see, and which brings the mystery of distance even into every part and portion of what we suppose ourselves to see most distinctly.”from Modern Painters I, John Ruskin
20 minutes later, I came across the following in The Elegance of the Hedgehog:
Some people are incapable of perceiving in the object of their contemplation the very thing that gives it its intrinsic life and breath…
