tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27784092.post-37405455918302032812008-04-20T01:12:00.000-04:002008-04-20T01:12:00.000-04:00That reminds me of Ruskin, coming from the other direction, at his most diagrammatic/formalsit:<BR/><BR/>"For instance, the line or curve of the edge of a leaf may be accurately given to the edge of a stone, without rendering the stone in the least like a leaf, or suggestive of a leaf ... because the lines of nature are alike in all her works ... and when they are taken out of their combinations it is impossible to say from which of her works they have been borrowed, their universal property being that of ever-varying curvature in the most subtle and subdued transitions, with peculiar dependence on motion, elasticity, or dependence ..." Ruskin, The Stones of Venice I, p. 224sevensixfivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03373938159184406283noreply@blogger.com