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Yes, Anatole was a fool when he said : It is a lie. —
That is it. IF the actor simulates life it is a lie. But
— but why continue without an audience ?
The reason people marvel at works of art and say : How in Christ's name did he do it ? — is that they know nothing of the physiology of the nervous system and have never in their experience witnessed the larger processes of the imagination.
It is a step over from the profitless engagements of the arithmetical.
XII
The red paper box
hinged with cloth
is lined
inside and out
with imitation
leather
It is the sun
the table
with dinner
on it for
these are the same —
