The stomach was turning
The following text, describing the famous land artwork "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_Jetty", is from the book "https://books.google.de/books?id=SHfHZhN9vzcC&pg=PA148&lpg=PA148&dq="perception+was+heaving,+the+stomach+turning"&source=bl&ots=RC8Hqi8Gai&sig=ACfU3U20SQ6Du7dsYqFDPEXhCweetAes1w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjZuv-8jNvoAhXtx6YKHcX5AcAQ6AEwAnoECAsQNQ#v=onepage&q&f=false" by Peter Smithson and Robert Smithson. Can anyone describe the meaning of the underlined sentences, please?
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" To heave is to vomit, or at least to suffer the spasms of vomiting. When something makes us feel nauseated, we say that it turns our stomach. He rather outlandishly attributes the sensations and experiences of vomiting to his perception.
- " To heave is to vomit, or at least to suffer the spasms of vomiting.
- When something makes us feel nauseated, we say that it turns our stomach.
- He rather outlandishly attributes the sensations and experiences of vomiting to his perception.
- You have to let that register in your own mind however it will.
- It is not straightforward description.
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"Perception was heaving, the stomach turning." To heave is to vomit, or at least to suffer the spasms of vomiting. When something makes us feel nauseated, we say that it turns our stomach. He rather outlandishly attributes the sensations and experiences of vomiting to his perception. You have to let that register in your own mind however it will. It is not straightforward description.
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