“William James described consciousness as the “alternation of flights and perchings,” suggesting that we tend to overvalue the “perchings,” the nouns or the primary verbs in a sentence that steal the spotlight from the little words, like ‘in,’ ‘and,’ ‘but,’ ‘or,’ and ‘of.’“ (Dan Chiasson, New Yorker)

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HJN0008W Avocado Pit. Watercolor, 7 x 9 in. Side 1. $110

HJN0008W Avocado Pit. Watercolor, 7 x 9 in. Side 2