https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Monsters/Sphinx/sphinx.html

There was an old lady from Dorset

Who never had worn any corset

She was very thin

Was that a grave sin?

She said I eat up my food but don’t force it

The eye altering, alters all

William Blake

The mental traveller.

This indicates that our perception shapes our reality

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/09/09/simone-weil-a-life-in-letters-robert-chenavier-andre-a-devaux-book-review