Witnessing our reality is a fundamental human need.

Evidence

All I really wanted was a witness. To say I was. — Lynch, Thomas, The undertaking-life studies from the…, 642

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Lynch, Thomas, The undertaking-life studies from the…, 642
• XREF: connects to: Perspective can come at the cost of one’s life and vision. — Lynch, Thomas, The undertaking-life studies from the…, 437; Law’s meaning requires participant-spectators whose presence makes its motion meaningful. — Philip Chase Bobbitt, Reflections Inspired by My Critics, 485; Each concrete desire expresses the whole of human reality. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 1347 (+1 more)