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The shape of unseen things
Adam Zeman (Bloomsbury Circus)
Imagine! No, seriously, just imagine: an apple, perhaps, or an apple cart, or a kingdom where giant apples on horses fight oranges. Our imagination is capable of this, and much more. They are responsible for films, novels and paintings, as well as buildings, computers and governments. They are undeniable.
And yet the imaginations themselves are gossamer: hard to hold, hard to pin down. I may be able to describe the apple I’m thinking about, but what can I say about the feeling…
