Hence the prosaic man is forever incapable of considering issues in depth. He entertains no questions with respect to life, man, or society that do not obviously lead to specific things to do. And a problem, for him is something that can be plainly stated, got hold of, and solved. Since he reduces everything in the world to a problem, his awareness is extremely superficial and narrow. For the prosaic man each individual thing is basically another instance of something he has met already.
None has freshness, uniqueness, or strangeness.
When he finds an unfamiliar situation, it is at once assigned to a compartment or category that provides a standard explanation of it. Stock phrases and routine methods are instantly applied, and the thing is done with. This neat division shows the prosaic predilection for clear-cut schemes. With a photographic image of the earth taken from outer space we gain a new perspective, a perspective that rekindles a reverence for this place we have known, but a place we now know differently. To have a perspective from which it is possible to see more broadly, to transform the landscape you see before you, requires a new place to stand.