The act of cognition was total involvement and it has no literar… — The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine, Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals, 1967, full transcript of a seminar at the City Museum of New York, October, 1967, edited by William Buxton, published by U. of Alberta Press, 2026, p 144

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The act of cognition was total involvement and it has no literary meaning whatever. It has no story line because by definition story line is visual continuity. We really ought to make the point. You can’t have the story line without continuity and connectedness. A story line menas continuity.

The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine, Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals, 1967, full transcript of a seminar at the City Museum of New York, October, 1967, edited by William Buxton, published by U. of Alberta Press, 2026, p 144

Quote #3514

Year: 1967

Chapters: Linear and Nonlinear | Cognition and Recognition | Involvement

↪ Also at #3112, #1166