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Forest

Posted by John Pursel on December 29, 2002

In Reply to: Forest posted by ESC on December 27, 2002

I knew the meaning of " Unable to see the woods or forest for the trees".
However that is not my point. My phrase is attempting to illustrate the
seeing of the forest, but it blocks the seeing of the trees.
That is to say one sees the forest but cannot see the trees.
So the big picture takes over leaving all small things lost.

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