"A sublime object..can persist only in an..intermediate state, viewed from a certain perspective,..."

“A sublime object..can persist only in an..intermediate state, viewed from a certain perspective, half-seen. If we want to see it in the light of day, it changes into an everyday object, it dissipates itself,..because in itself, it is nothing at all.”

- SLAVOJ ZIZEK http://alterities.tumblr.com/post/120621281098