“The German poet Novalis said that the eye is a ‘superficial’ organ. That is indeed partly true.”

—  Gianni Sarcone

I will even add that it is an external organ: the eye with which we see the world is a part of the world itself. As soon as we open the eye, whup, the world pops in it!
Curiopticals (2009).

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