“Look, it’s loomin’,” said the boatman in a quiet voice. We turned to see the island that was our destination levitate and high white cliffs appear where only a shoreline had been visible before. Astonished, I shouted for the others to look. For several minutes we stared until the island descended, becoming once again a line on the horizon. I later learned that looming is something known to virtually all sailors…” (John R. Gillis, Islands of the Mind, p143)


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