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the name is not the thing,
the map is not the territory,
the symbol is not the belief,
only
representations of
an object, a place, an idea.
furthermore
representations of
a perceived
an object, a place, an idea.
the essence is never able to be retrieved,
never revived, never relived, reconstructed, rethought,
re-anythinged,
it is past,
and past by nature of time,
is irretrievable.
the photograph will never be the moment,
it will always
and only be
an perceived representation,
the camera as the editor of reality in the eye of the operator,
the operator as the editor of reality in the eye of the camera.
the photograph's model is alluring,
yet not the model,
the thought of sex is alluring,
yet not the act,
the money makes your mouth water,
yet you cannot eat it.
the representations take on a life of their own,
for they also own time and space,
the representations in turn give birth to other icons,
which in turn give birth to other icons,
and every generation recedes from the original idea,
until the origin is in repose.
the essence becomes iconography.
the icon is to be worshipped,
the icon becomes the religion,
the religion becomes the icon,
soon,
the icon is the religion,
the religion is the icon.
tradition is the rehearsal of the forgotten ceremony,
ceremony is the dress rehearsal for a reunion with the past.
reunions with the past, by nature of time are
irretrievable.