This is part of an extract from a review of a book in the Australian. "The Red Thread (Hardie Grant Books, 2000), includes an Australian character who is a painter, in a Chinese, not an Australian style, and whose works juxtapose "a traditional element and something contemporary" in order to represent the elusive nature of reality: "The shadow of an orchid cast by the moon is even more beautiful than the orchid itself." " My feelings when I read this led me to see that reality is sometimes less "pure" than the "reflections".
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so where did the saying come from? I am not sure I agree with it as orchids are extraordinarily beautiful flowers.
Miss L (formerly)
This is part of an extract from a review of a book in the Australian.
"The Red Thread (Hardie Grant Books, 2000), includes an Australian character who is a painter, in a Chinese, not an Australian style, and whose works juxtapose "a traditional element and something contemporary" in order to represent the elusive nature of reality: "The shadow of an orchid cast by the moon is even more beautiful than the orchid itself." "
My feelings when I read this led me to see that reality is sometimes less "pure" than the "reflections".
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