Knausgaard goodreads5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() That is when time begins to pick up speed. Then one day we reach the point where all the necessary distances have been set, all the necessary systems have been put in place. We read, we learn, we experience, we make adjustments. ![]() Throughout our childhood and teenage years, we strive to attain the correct distance to objects and phenomena. When it has been fixed we call it knowledge. At length we bring it within the scope of our senses and we stabilize it with fixer. Things that are too large, such as cloud formations, river deltas, constellations, we reduce. Things that are too small to see with the naked eye, such as molecules and atoms, we magnify. Understanding the world requires you to take a certain distance from it. “As your perspective of the world increases not only is the pain it inflicts on you less but also its meaning. ![]()
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