Original artwork, not a still
The Timeless World of Play ‧ 1951
Snatching the eternal out of the desperately fleeting is the great magic trick of human existence.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker calls it the great magic trick of human life to seize something lasting from moments that vanish almost as soon as they arrive. The line treats memory, art or feeling as a kind of conjuring against time's rush.
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