The Uncertainty of Vision
If it can be grasped, it isn’t vision; all grand things are uncertain
Some people aren’t dreaming. It is not for lack of things to imagine and visualize, but they have a misconception that dreams and visions can be certain. Listen keenly when they describe a vision, and you will hear nothing more than plans and tactics.
Some aren’t good at handling thoughts they cannot grasp, they struggle with that which is yet to acquire a form. They are used to certainty; they are used to a job where what is to be done is defined by existing procedures, protocols, and parameters. Give them an organization and they’ll run it well, but tell them to imagine one and you will see them genuinely struggle with this task.
Vision is a matter of abstraction, by nature exists in the zone of the intangible, and is a measure of the sublimity of imagination. It is about seeing things not seen and conceptualizing them to an extent that form can be given to them. But all this is uncertain, for it is always too new to be compared to anything that exists.
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