The Meadow and the Misread Author|Roy M. Close From the red-stained rim of

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The Meadow and the Misread Author|Roy M. Close From the red-stained rim ofThe Meadow and the Misread is about the intersection of memory and self, the way language is used to compartmentalize the whole pulsing blur of experience into distinct parts, and how the boundary between interior and exteriorself and otheris an illusion of memory and language. It also poses a question about agency, namely whether we can act upon the world, or if it only seems that way because we are stuck inside ourselves. In other words: Do we