I am reading a nobel prize winning book called Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian. This book was the first chinease book to be awarded with a noble prize for literature.
A Quote from the book that I fould really interesting....
"Reality exists only through experience, and it must be personal experience. However, once related, even personal experience becomes a narrative. Reality can't be verified and doesn't need to be , that can be left for the "reality-of-life" experts to debate. What is important is life. Reality is simply that I am sitting by the fire in this room which is black and grime and smoke and that I see the light of the fire dancing in his eyes. Reality is myself, reality is only the perception of this instant and it can't be related to another person. All that needs to be said is that outside, a mist is enclosing the green-blue mountain in a haze and your heart is reverberating with the rushing water of a swift-flowing stream."
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That is a very thoughtful statement. And also reality for one is very different for another even if they are seeing the same thing or an instance and are at the same place. don't you think so?
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