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Civilization is founded upon the isolation and
domination of society by the visual sense. The
visual sense creates a kind of human identity that
is extremely fragmented. To retain such an image
of the self requires persistent violence, both to
one’s self and to others. As Joyce put it, “love thy
label as thyself.” Labels as classification are
extreme forms of visual culture.
Marshall McLuhan and Harley Parker,Through the
Vanishing Point: Space in Poetry and Painting ,
(New York, 1968), p. xxiv.