All hat

Here is a great sentence from this article.

We want to find and possess โ€” even if what we possess is nothing more than the moment of discovery.

When I was younger, I didnโ€™t appreciate showy writing. I probably wouldnโ€™t have cared for that sentence much when I was twenty because I could and can turn them out by the dozen. But Iโ€™ve mellowed, or broadened, and have come to appreciate the compression of meaning and the emphasis on the chromatic rather than the concrete.

Then, I wouldโ€™ve seen it as all hat and no cattle โ€” too much coruscating peacockery and not enough cogitation. But now, sometimes the impressionโ€™s the thing, not ideas churned out by the dozen.

Soโ€ฆdamn good sentence.

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