“A man sets out to draw the world.
As the years go by, he peoples a
space with images of provinces,
kingdoms, mountains, bays, ships,
islands, fishes, rooms, instruments, stars, horses, and individuals.
A
short time before he dies,
he discovers that the patient labyrinth of
lines
traces
the lineaments of his own face.”
― Jorge Luis Borges, The Aleph and Other Stories
Not being "intimately familiar" with the work of Jorge Luis Borges, I thought his "Aleph" might be related to the "sacred river Alph" in the poem, "Kubla Khan," by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
ReplyDeleteI guess it is not.
But, Borges was close with his thought: I have just begun to realize my vision of things is etched not on my face, but on my brain -- very deeply in/on my mind.
I wonder if this becomes true for everyone.