Great read and I love the type and minimalistic nature of this old edition.
“To have no historicity, and also no artistic, esthetic worth, and yet to partake of some ethereal value–that is a marvel. Just precisely because this is a miserable, small, worthless-looking blob; that, Robert, contributes to it’s possessing wu. For it is a fact that wu is customarily found in least imposing places, as in the Christian aphorism ’stones rejected by the builder.’ One experiences awareness of wu in such trash as an old stick, or a rusty beer can by the side of the road. However, in those cases, the wu is within the viewer. It is a religious experience. Here, an artificer has put wu into the object, rather than merely witnessed the wu inherent in it.” He glanced up. “Am I making myself clear?”
Man in The High Castle – Philip K. Dick
