A bit of wisdom.

[Vaughn]

How more plain could it be? But perhaps few people go barefoot these days. Good thing this is the philosophy section of Photrio and not the darkroom technique section. I will state it a couple more ways, once again...Look at the world through rose-colored glasses and everything look rosy. If all one has is a hammer, one sees everything as a nail.

It is also good travel advice. To fully experience a foreign place, do not surround oneself with the familiar ( such as countrymen, staying at tourist resorts, etc). Go barefoot (so to speak) and experience it fully. Get your feet wet.

 

[Don_ih]

Your last sentence above sums up the kind of nonsensical statement that seems to be associated with this kind of "philosophy"

It's not philosophy. It's an example of a pithy statement. It's not meaningless - but it has more in common with a parable than with philosophy. It's designed to disorient your thinking to make you assess something in a new light.