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Schema
You are what you see when you squint. The silhouette, the distance, the blur; each constraint defines your discrimination and demonstrates your skill at making sense of a world of misleading textures and details.
You are what you can name. In order to transmit the immovable: we encode sound and mark phenomena in ways that stand in for matter. As each descriptive word advances, your options narrow and your character is disappointingly illuminated.
You are what you can abstract. Never start with the surface; but with the essence. Select from the menu those tools which help you outline, to give shape, to float the most skin on the least fire.