I keep thinking about Borges saying that someone who lives in the desert is less likely to write about camels, because camels are just another part of the world to them and not a signifier of difference— I suppose for me the distinction comes from the outsider focusing on the things that are different to the outside, while the insider sees them in a more surprising way.
I also keep thinking of Jan Morris talking about Venice being transformed into the image of itself as it depends more and more on tourism; that sense of the image destroying the world it gave the appearance of showing? I think this is because I also grew up in the north of Scotland, so everyone’s image of “Scotland” seems strange and unknown to me
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I keep thinking about Borges saying that someone who lives in the desert is less likely to write about camels, because camels are just another part of the world to them and not a signifier of difference— I suppose for me the distinction comes from the outsider focusing on the things that are different to the outside, while the insider sees them in a more surprising way.
I also keep thinking of Jan Morris talking about Venice being transformed into the image of itself as it depends more and more on tourism; that sense of the image destroying the world it gave the appearance of showing? I think this is because I also grew up in the north of Scotland, so everyone’s image of “Scotland” seems strange and unknown to me