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Seeing the Whole

Seeing the Whole

by Garrison Institute | Apr 23, 2016 | Climate, Mind and Behavior, Insights, Social Justice

“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” ―W.B. Yeats Human perception is a fickle, paradoxical instrument. Our visual sense, while more acute than that of many species, is hardly the keenest in the animal kingdom. An...

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