The truth is revealed by removing things that stand in its light, an a…

Alan Watts
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The truth is revealed by removing things that stand in its light, an art not unlike sculpture, in which the artist creates, not by building, but by hacking away. ✨ Alan Watts (1951). The Wisdom of Insecurity, Vintage
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