epiphany

thinking

idea

inspiration

Spain

spanish (language)

sombrero

is the end of art, perceiving the particular as universal, the grain of sand as the world.

epiphany, perceiving the particular as universal, the grain of sand as the world.

is the knowledge that one has the experience: it's recognition or anagnorisis.

the knowledge that one has the experience: it's recognition or anagnorisis.

is a moment of revelation so intense it obliterates itself, like a storm that rips up the landscape, but also sweeps it clean.

Epiphany is a moment of revelation so intense it obliterates itself, like a storm that rips up the landscape, but also sweeps it clean.

is ignition where reason is acceleration.

Epiphany is ignition where reason is acceleration.

is the third ball thrown towards hands that have already caught one each.

Epiphany is the third ball thrown towards hands that have already caught one each.

is extremely rare because maturity involves a gradual acquiescence to reality.

In reality, genuine epiphanies are extremely rare. In contemporary adult life maturation & acquiescence to reality are gradual processes. Modern usage usually deploys epiphany as a metaphor. It is usually only in dramatic representations, religious iconography, and the 'magical thinking' of children that insight is compressed to a sudden blinding flash.

epiphany, n.All

epiphany