Virginia WoolfI spent an hour looking at pots and carpets in the museums the other day, until the desire to describe them became like the desire for the lusts of the flesh.
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Many people spend a lot of their time looking at things online and in the real world. They take it upon themselves to be able to describe or analyze anything they see. The desire to describe things is a strong one, and it can lead a person to lose all control over their actions. When a person has spent an hour looking at a pot or a carpet, they have lost all sense of reason and purpose. They will start describing the item to everyone who will listen, and they will not know when they have become so consumed with their desire to explain or write about something, that they have actually forgotten what it is that they are doing.
Source: The Question Of Things Happening: The Letters Of Virginia Woolf, Volume 2: 19121922
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