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something recogni zable.
We ere so accustomed to photographs that
represent that we always look for knowm objects of some king; 80 here
we can find teeth, scales, suggestions of the reptile head, or what-
ever comes to mind.
It is hard for the human (especially when con-
fronted with a photograph) to look at it for its shapes alone.
Now where is the source of experience? Si nce we cannot
recognize the original object at all, our responses (whatever thet may
be) isto the photograph iteelf and the "subjecte" we see there. There
is a complete break in the unusual photographic continuity of object/
negative/print/response. Only the print/response is left.
The photo-
graph is the source of experience.
This idea may be new to the reader and for the following
illustration restates the ides.
This mey be easier to identify as tar on a clapboard weall.
Now a second question may be asked, and this is importent, "But how
much does the fect that the original object was tar have to do with the
