"half in given reality, half in...symbols"

       In William Pitt Root's recent (2013) book, Strange Angels, the Tucson poet (and First Poet Laureate of Tucson) begins his book with quotes from other writers and thinkers, amongst which is this wonderful thought to ponder from Aldous Huxley:


       For man is an amphibian.  He lives half in given reality, half in the home-made universe of symbols.  We are like icebergs, immersed in language but projecting into immediate experience.