![]() “Yes, we read the word ‘horse,’” Morris wrote, ”but we also see the letters, the typefaces, the shape of the word on the page. ![]() More specifically, Morris was consumed with the idea that typeface itself might have an innate power to influence our fundamental perception of truth. After reading the book, Morris became fascinated with the theory that words and our interpretation of them are singular manifestations of all of the individual characteristics (seen and unseen) that comprise them. In the spring of 1980, Academy Award-winning documentarian Errol Morris (“The Thin Blue Line,” “The Fog of War”) first encountered philosopher Saul Kripke’s seminal book, Naming and Necessity. Source: The Pentagram Papers, 44 th Edition ![]() Is it ever possible to understand the meaning of a work of art as separate from the way in which we receive it? - Lynne Conner Can we separate the form of the writing from its content? - Errol Morris ![]()
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