The Appearances

scheinen
German verb:

1.  to shine; to gleam
2.  to seem; to appear….

Quine, Pursuit of Truth,
Harvard U. Press, 1990, epigraphs:

http://www.log24.com/log/pix09A/090920-QuineEpigraph.jpg

Google search:

http://www.log24.com/log/pix09A/090920-SozeinChi.jpg

Owen Barfield,
Saving the Appearances:
http://www.log24.com/log/pix09A/090920-Barfield.jpg

George S. Lensing,
Wallace Stevens and the Seasons:

http://www.log24.com/log/pix09A/090920-Stevens.jpg

"Poetry is often a revelation  
of the elements of appearance."