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All these works stand out because we experience in them a special quality of relatedness—relatedness of ourselves to the universe.

The core experiential signature of great works, which holds a clue to the process of creation.

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The elder Mr. Ishiguro's black plaster possesses a profound quality of direct relatedness between person and matter—a 'something' that has escaped modern consciousness—while his son's green plaster lacked it.
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The story of the black plaster as a concrete, experiential demonstration of the difference made by relatedness.

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We may then arrive at a picture of the world which includes the self, and which clearly recognizes the personal nature of the universe.claim0.807
The outcome of using both methods together.
This quality, whether it occurs in a great work or a small work, always has the same essential purpose: to make a connection to the I, to reach, in material substance, the face of God.claim0.804
The purpose of all living quality is to connect to the I.
The rewarding and life-enhancing nature of work comes into focus when the thing made has life, and the makers begin to change dramatically.claim0.803
There is a direct connection between the living structure of the world and the achieved person-ness we experience in ourselves.claim0.801
When we experience this one, either in the act of building, or in the act of enjoying what someone else has built, we somehow ourselves come more closely into relation with the underlying ground-stuff of the universe.claim0.800
The experience of living structure brings us closer to the ground.
There is only one I, a personal universal presence that underlies all living structure and manifests as the feeling of relatedness.claim0.798
Alexander's core metaphysical proposal introduced in §8.
Because it is so deeply connected its parts to one another, itself to its surroundings, it creates the sensation that nothing is separate, that everything is in harmony.claim0.797
The causal claim that deep connectedness creates the sensation of universal harmony.
Above all, this unity comes about because of some quality within. And it is here that the idea of the pervasive I, in every living center, begins to tell us something.claim0.796
Beyond the properties, there is an inner essence (the I) that unifies the work.