As nature has the ability to soothe with all its sonic and visual tones, it too has the ability to broaden one's perception. The tower, would rest on the horizon, as a symbol of that new way of thinking.
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Recipe for Making the Colour Blue
"If you wish to make the colour blue take a piece of sky
and put it in a pot large enough to place on the flame of the horizon.
Stir into the blue a pinch of red early morning until it dissolves.
Stir into the blue a pinch of red early morning until it dissolves.
Pour everything into a brass bowl until it is well washed
to eliminate all of the afternoon's impurities.
Finally, sift in a few smidgens of gold from the sand
of midday until the colour adheres to the bottom of the bowl.
To prevent the colours from separating with time,
drop the charred peach pit into the liquid.
It will disintegrate, leaving no telltale sign, not even from
to eliminate all of the afternoon's impurities.
Finally, sift in a few smidgens of gold from the sand
of midday until the colour adheres to the bottom of the bowl.
To prevent the colours from separating with time,
drop the charred peach pit into the liquid.
It will disintegrate, leaving no telltale sign, not even from
the black ash an ocher trace on the golden surface.
You may then raise the colour to eye level
and compare it with genuine blue.
The two colours will look so alike that you can not
The two colours will look so alike that you can not
distinguish one from the other.
This was how I did it - I, Abraham ben Judah Ibn Haim,
illuminator from the town of Loulé.
This was how I did it - I, Abraham ben Judah Ibn Haim,
illuminator from the town of Loulé.
And I left the recipe for whoever,
one day, would imitate the sky."
Nuno Júdice.
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