All Human Knowledge Takes The Form Of

Any Order Is A Balancing Act Of Extreme Precariousness.

To Perceive The Aura Of An Object We Look At Means To Invest It With The Ability To Look At Us In Return.

In Other Words, The Unique Value Of The "authentic" Work Of Art Has Its Basis In Ritual, The Location Of Its Original Use Value. This Ritualistic Basis, However Remote, Is Still Recognizable As Secularized Ritual Even In The Most Profane Forms Of The Cult Of Beauty.

There Is No Muse Of Philosophy, Nor Is There One Of Translation.

For Only That Which We Knew And Practiced At Age 15 Will One Day Constitute Our Attraction. And One Thing, Therefore, Can Never Be Made Good: Having Neglected To Run Away From Home.