Appearance Contrasted with Perception

Quite often appearance and perception are thought of as the same.I particularly enjoyed Huxley's statement that "Place and distance cease to be of much interest." At ordinary times the eye concerns itself with such problems. why is it that we base our exhistance on so much reality and still it is our dreams that we chase after?How often do we ask ourselves,where am I in life?-Where in relation to what? It seems that in the mescalin state the mind pays none or little attention to appearance and places all the importance on perception.For example: the intensity of existence.In other words, the importance of just being.

"It is clear as follows that appearance is not the same as perception. For perception is either a potentiality, such as sight, or an actuality, such as seeing; but we have appearances when we have neither of these-in dreams, for instance. Moreover, perception is present in every animal, but appearance is not. If they were the same in actuality, then it would be possible for all beasts to have appearance, whereas in fact it does not seem possible for all ants or bees, for instance, and grubs do not have it. Further, perceptions are always true, whereas most appearances are false." Aristotle.