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Eve Drewelowe's journals, volumes II-III, 1950s
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a matter of matching exact edges and then checking the whole for accuracy of design. Truly the pattern of the puzzle is made legible, until minute bits sit together in mosaic fashion assume formidable proportions. Imagination applied to matters of personal welfare is not conducive to serenity and composure. It can have thoroughly destructive respects. Therefore I would reiterate it is so much better to know the truth, be it ever so terrifying, of all the facts based on reason. It is better to face these severely and make the necessary adjustments, rather than sidestep acceptance and permit the mind to dwell on outlets to imaginary ills. (No II) Although there may be an uncomfortable interlude between thinking and knowing - a reasoning human being is bound to find out what is going on. He cannot be helped in complete ignorance indefinitely. We are all in agreement, that the imagination - alive and busy as it is - if given a free reign, will not neglect its opportunities. Facts then intercept untimely interests of imagination. There can be no certainty to an individual as long as he is lost in a flooding snowstorm; or he is groping his way through a thick clinging curtain of joy. As soon as the mental haze begins to lift, however, and a beam of light penetrates the blur, he is able to distinguish comforting landmarks his peace of mind returns. Only then are we able to relate facts and differentiate between them. Strangely enough the pattern of textures
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a matter of matching exact edges and then checking the whole for accuracy of design. Truly the pattern of the puzzle is made legible, until minute bits sit together in mosaic fashion assume formidable proportions. Imagination applied to matters of personal welfare is not conducive to serenity and composure. It can have thoroughly destructive respects. Therefore I would reiterate it is so much better to know the truth, be it ever so terrifying, of all the facts based on reason. It is better to face these severely and make the necessary adjustments, rather than sidestep acceptance and permit the mind to dwell on outlets to imaginary ills. (No II) Although there may be an uncomfortable interlude between thinking and knowing - a reasoning human being is bound to find out what is going on. He cannot be helped in complete ignorance indefinitely. We are all in agreement, that the imagination - alive and busy as it is - if given a free reign, will not neglect its opportunities. Facts then intercept untimely interests of imagination. There can be no certainty to an individual as long as he is lost in a flooding snowstorm; or he is groping his way through a thick clinging curtain of joy. As soon as the mental haze begins to lift, however, and a beam of light penetrates the blur, he is able to distinguish comforting landmarks his peace of mind returns. Only then are we able to relate facts and differentiate between them. Strangely enough the pattern of textures
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