#487 The Two Mysteries (2)

There are two pipes. Or, 
rather, two paintings of 
the same pipe which are 
meant both to please others 
& ourselves, & to make
others pleased with us. 

Do not say there is no heart 
in the work here—its basis is 
the human heart. The sorcery 
lies in an operation rendered 
invisible by the simplicity 
of its result—to make 

the pipe new, but floating in
a natural silence where 
attention to the small details 
extends it more than 
it illustrates it or fills the
void. To make it legend.
Text Sources: 
This Is Not a Pipe, by Michel Foucault
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette (1860), by Florence Hartley