The soul, he said, is composed
Of the external world.
There are men of the East, he said,
Who are the East.
There are men of a province
Who are that province.
There are men of a valley
Who are that valley....
The Mandoline is the instrument
Of a place.
Are there mandolines of western mountains?
Are there mandolines of northern moonlight?
The dress of a woman of Lhasa,
In it's place,
Is an invisible element of that place
Made visible.
"Anecdote of Men by the Thousand" Wallace Stevens
Lingering thoughts shared here, from here.
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