Sunday, January 14, 2007

A Little Decor Detail


This is my favorite wine of the moment, named for the only group of people in history who have changed things for the better: the heretics. I love the fact that, instead of some image of a wise wizard or burning witch they put a star chart on the label--yesterday's heresy is often today's science, or religion, or common sense. The distances between the stars terrified Pascal; they enchant us. In the background we see the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction, and to the left is my Beloved...Who glitters like the stars because She is the stars.

2 comments:

  1. Was able to recognize Taurus and Perseus on the label. Good vintage planisphere. :) I love the juxtaposition you've got there, too.

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  2. :) thank you...my mom, who hasn't yet seen the new Temple of Doom, was asking about it and I said the interior look I was going for was "tiki bar run by religious fanatic."
    K

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