"Writing is a way to make sense of our existence."

过去解释现在——这是进化心理学的基本前提。

The very shaping of history now outpaces the ability of men to orient themselves in accordance with cherished values. And which values? Even when they do not panic, men often sense that older ways of feeling and thinking have collapsed and that newer beginnings are ambiguous to the point of moral stasis.

To photograph is to appropriate the thing photographed.