Old paint on canvas, as it ages, sometimes becomes transparent. When that happens it is possible, in some pictures, to see the original lines: a tree will show through a woman's dress, a child makes way for a dog, a large boat is no longer on an open sea. That is called pentimento because the painter 'repented,' changed his mind. Perhaps it would be as well to say that the old conception, replaced by a later choice, is a way of seeing and then seeing again.

"Human nature is not infinitely malleable; it comes with an inherent structure that channels development in certain directions."

你相信有人心这回事吗？我不仅仅是指那个器官，当然喽。我说的是这个词的文学意义。人心。你相信有这样东西吗？某种让我们每个人成为独特个体的东西？