Perceptions probably play a more crucial role in our understanding of the world than intellect.
There are many things we should 'know', but in a way don't. It's almost as if we are looking in another direction. The literary, scholarly and intellectual output of Wilfrid Mellers has blinded us to what is clearly present. In every encyclopaedia article about Wilfrid Mellers there is a compositions list. And yet when we think of Wilfrid Mellers we think of his books and insightful articles.