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Benjamin.

Breukelen, NY.

I studied French literature at New York University, and I now work as a freelance Übersetzer (French to English)

Please direct all missives to bmk246@gmail.com

Nov 4, 2009 4:14pm
— It’s like we bring a new pair of eyes and ears, a new mind, an entirely different person, he opined, to anything we experience for a second time. — Sure, sure; I hear you, she replied. I know what you mean, kind of. Except … Except there has to be some sort of common agency that passes from each person as it transforms into a new one, right? I mean, how else could we know we’re encountering something for a second time? — An author asked me a question the other day, and now I’m putting it to you: “How long is it since you’ve seen the sun rise?”

— It’s like we bring a new pair of eyes and ears, a new mind, an entirely different person, he opined, to anything we experience for a second time.

— Sure, sure; I hear you, she replied. I know what you mean, kind of. Except … Except there has to be some sort of common agency that passes from each person as it transforms into a new one, right? I mean, how else could we know we’re encountering something for a second time?

— An author asked me a question the other day, and now I’m putting it to you: “How long is it since you’ve seen the sun rise?”
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