{
"$type": "site.standard.document",
"bskyPostRef": {
"cid": "bafyreigynbacxpwqfrw5z6xzaabwjucrk25tojztsd3weehcncgnefvp5e",
"uri": "at://did:plc:kdx62oowhgkmebnwswk4ppfm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mewn73dq54l2"
},
"coverImage": {
"$type": "blob",
"ref": {
"$link": "bafkreiemh26rlce77vopqgcgazmzymabssnk2euethcsxrqgv76jcjzj34"
},
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"size": 399950
},
"path": "/2026/02/15/iain-mcgilchrist-the-matter-with-things/",
"publishedAt": "2026-02-15T18:38:53.000Z",
"site": "https://www.themarginalian.org",
"tags": [
"culture",
"psychology",
"science",
"books",
"Iain McGilchrist",
"philosophy"
],
"textContent": "\"Since our consciousness plays some part in what comes into being, the play of attention can both create and destroy, but it never leaves its object unchanged.\"",
"title": "How We Render Reality: Attention as an Instrument of Love"
}