Basho
At first, I saw mountains as mountains and rivers as rivers. Then, I saw mountains were not mountains and rivers were not rivers. Finally, I see mountains again as mountains, and rivers again as rivers

Er is een oud gezegde in Zen: “In het begin zijn bergen bergen en rivieren rivieren; later zijn bergen geen bergen en rivieren geen rivieren; en nog later zijn bergen bergen en rivieren rivieren.”

de dingen zien (alsof?) je ze voor het eerst ziet

T. S. Eliot – Little Gidding, from Four Quartets

What we call the beginning is often the end
And to make and end is to make a beginning.

We shall not cease from exploration
and the end of all our exploring
will be to arrive where we started
and know the place for the first time.