He is a small vital organism which has direct dynamic _rapport_ with the objects of the outer universe.

He perceives from his breast and his abdomen, with deep-sunken realism, the elemental nature of the creature.

So that to this day a Noah's Ark tree is more real than a Corot tree or a Constable tree: and a flat Noah's Ark cow has a deeper vital reality than even a Cuyp cow.
The mode of vision is not one and final.

The mode of vision is manifold.

And the optical image is a mere vibrating blur to a child--and, indeed, to a passionate adult.