Saturday, 24 April 2021
The purpose of subjectivity, if it can be expressed that way, and here subjectivity and awareness of subjectivity are the same thing - subjectivity is precisely that which is identical to awareness of itself - is so that the mind can correct for it in order to get better objectivity. We are so used to seeing the failures of this process as to forget that it actually works hard all the time and is essential to the most basic functioning. On the other hand it is natural to mistake the successful first order effects for an ability to deal with second-order effects in which we would be able to correct for where we are in the entire tapestry. This is much harder than expected, and perhaps made worse by reading too much in to the assistance gained from art from the multiplication of points of view. Any degree of detachment from this 'tapestry' is bound to be a surprise as the blind-spots of position are exposed and their effects on even the most objective of the objective.
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