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AND, YOU KNOW,
IT COST ME TWO MARRIAGES AND A RELATIONSHIP.
THOSE ARE THE PLACES WHERE YOU FEEL
THE GREATEST DISCOURAGEMENT, AS YOU SEE...
IT'S SOMETIMES HARD FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW WHAT YOU THINK
IS THE NATURAL COURSE OF THINGS,
AND HOW TO GET SOMETHING DONE.
Walker: IF YOU LOOK AT THE HORIZON,
IT'S A MILKY, CLOUDY TYPE OF VIEW.
AS YOU GO HIGHER IN THE SKY, THE SKY BECOMES A UNIFORM BLUE,
MAYBE WITH CLOUDS.
BUT IF YOU CAN BE IN A WELL, SO TO SPEAK, OR IN A CRATER,
LIKE RODEN, YOU SEE NO CONTRAST
WITH THE DEPTH OF THE SKY AND YOUR VIEW.
SO YOU'VE REALIZED ITS CLOSENESS.
AND SOMETIMES IF YOU'RE CONSCIOUS ENOUGH,
YOU'LL DISCOVER THAT YOU'RE IN THE ATMOSPHERE,
YOU'RE NOT SEPARATED FROM THE SKY.
AT NIGHT, AND EVEN DURING THE DAY
YOU HAVE THIS FEELING THAT YOU'RE ONE WITH THE UNIVERSE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU READ A BOOK,
YOU'RE OFTEN SO INVOLVED IN THE SPACE
GENERATED BY THE AUTHOR
THAT WHATEVER HAPPENS IN FRONT OF YOU DISAPPEARS.
PEOPLE PASS BY, YOU DON'T EVEN NOTICE THEM.
SO YOU'VE PAID THE PRICE OF ADMISSION
AND YOU'VE ENTERED THAT SPACE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE COME TO ART AND THEY LOOK AT IT,
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS OF CONTEMPORARY ART.
AND SO THEY DON'T ACTUALLY ENTER THE REALM
THAT THE ARTIST WAS INVOLVED IN.
WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE OF A DISTANCE THERE.
AND THE SITUATION OF THE JOURNEY TO THE PLACE, LIKE RODEN CRATER,
THE FACT THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING
OR SOME INVOLVEMENT TO HAVE THIS COME OVER YOU,
YOU HAVE TO QUIET,
AND IT ACTUALLY MAKES THIS EXPERIENCE
I THINK, MUCH STRONGER.
Woman: YOU CAN ALWAYS SEE THE LINE WAVER --
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