![]() ![]() That is one of the main points of Fine Lines. Both have the same central goal - to reveal an unknown or invisible essence of things. This is important for science, and no less for art. The core of scientific drawing differs greatly from photography in focusing on the heart of the matter and avoiding unnecessary details. Piling up millions of elements can easily end in chaos to create a picture, one needs to understand the nature of these elements and to be able to choose between them. This pointillism is harder than it seems. The particular or apparently trivial was, for him, always worth probing In his novels, he seamlessly marshals minutiae - impressions, passing fancies, ideas - to create a universe strongly rooted in observation. They illustrate one of the most important aspects of Nabokov's creativity - his tremendous attention to details, described with scrupulous precision. The decision to open the book with the drawings is a masterstroke. If I can do it here in the Big Smoke, you can do it wherever you are. Right now, you can put in your postal or zip code and see which stars will be brightest tonight and where to find them, and track the rise and fall of the visible planets. The almanac linked above-the online, 2023 version of the familiar Farmer’s Almanac sold by the cashier at the grocery store alongside the Archie comics and ‘women’s’ magazines when I was a kid (and now, I think)-is a wonderful tool. Yes, children, your anus was glowing like a lightbulb. I saw Mars, small and red-tinted, and one very bright ‘star’ that I thought might be Venus or Jupiter-but according to the night sky Almanac for last night at my address, it must have been-and it pains me to say this-Uranus, which was at 100% illumination at the time we were out, and preparing to set in the north-west. Still, last night as I played basketball in the half-dark with my son in the alley behind my house, the urban stars were very bright despite an also-bright half-moon, and some unmistakeable planets seemed to be preparing to line up for me. Last year the solar system planned a treat for me, but I missed it and stumbled over an article about it and mistakenly thought it was coming up this year. By Karl Friedrich Schinkel - Unknown source, Public Domain, Īnother Sunday, another bit of wonder from the real world. This painting depicts Uranus, the Lord of the Rain and personification of the sky, and-according to Hesiod-both the son and the husband of Gaia, the earth.
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