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the hidden


"the hidden," as that which does not reveal itself, what remains unseeable in what we see, unknowable in what we know, as the apophatic. In a definitional sense it stands at odds with the apocalyptic as what is uncovered.

Etel Adnan in Seasons (2008) writes:

Ravaged by darkness, the moon is dangerous. The spring has hit its periphery. Down on earth, savage seas are moving toward their middle under melancholy's heavy banners. Disasters are not acceptable. The hidden is inbuilt in thinking. Nature's daily presentation of diversity distracts one from the nonessential. (10)