Sunset and dawn are the back and front of the same phenomenon: when we are looking at the sunset, the people over there are looking at the dawn.
One of my very old friends from the country, a certain Leonardo, born in a small village near Florence: Vinci (postal code 50059) was a very curious fellow... He would spend hours observing the plants...
Do not touch! How many times do children hear this order? No one would ever say: do not look, do not listen, but touching is different. Evidently a lot of people think you can do without.
Using a radicchio stalk as a stamp, Bernardino discovers there are roses in the salad. Seized with enthusiasm...
“It’s mother’s day, it’s father’s day, today is spring, it’s little brother’s first birthday, the next-door neighbour gets married! Every occasion is good to offer a flower. [...]
But what really matters is the love with which a little daisy, a lavender sprig or some moss are chosen, that one there in particular and not that other one.”
(From the text)
An original xerography is the result of an image which is moved on the plate of glass of the copier, so that it reproduces both the image and its movement. Therefore, it doesn’t consist in a mere copy, but on the contrary in an original, which is obtained through a process exploiting the whole potential of the copier. Hence it not only reproduces but produces images as well.