To put it simply, the more we see something, the more eroded our experience of it becomes. Exemplified in this quote by Clune, “Familiarity thins out sensory engagement nearly to the point of evaporation. The “stretching” of memory and anticipation replaces listening, seeing, touching. We are buried alive in time.” The importance of this quote revolves around time poisoning perception. There have been numerous times when someone has wished that they could have an experience last forever, to relive the same sensory experiences they felt for the first time. But deep down this desire to relive past experiences is not a realistic one because of time slowly eroding our perceptual
To put it simply, the more we see something, the more eroded our experience of it becomes. Exemplified in this quote by Clune, “Familiarity thins out sensory engagement nearly to the point of evaporation. The “stretching” of memory and anticipation replaces listening, seeing, touching. We are buried alive in time.” The importance of this quote revolves around time poisoning perception. There have been numerous times when someone has wished that they could have an experience last forever, to relive the same sensory experiences they felt for the first time. But deep down this desire to relive past experiences is not a realistic one because of time slowly eroding our perceptual