Fragmentary nature of perceptions.
Consciousness of heat, cold, scent, sound, emotion, idea, impulse, color, light, texture, mortal limits of time and space. Sounds of wind in the trees: yours, mine, ours, belonging to none. Passing thought, offered prayer, creative act.
The idea, the fact, that some never transcend the narrow limits of self, or complete subjectivity, astonishes, and yet is prevalent.
Reuters News Service: ...both survivors report the assailant said he meant to kill them because they appeared to be happy people, and there was "no room for happiness in his world".
