An irony.... which is that although the world that glitters inside the gates is mostly a sham, you can lose your soul trying to get there. Something real is at stake in pursuit of an illusion.
(Lionel Trilling on "The Liberal Imagination"/ The New Yorker Magazine 09/08)
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The "something real" doesn't have to be at stake. I think the imagination can encompass and embrace both - the here and now, and the pursuit. All it takes is a realization that the real and now doesn't always negate the pursuit. Sometimes what's real can help us reach what's inside the gates, if we let it.
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