Refractions

In "Refractions" 2006 a woman holds a glass of water at her hip, a bit incongruous, not perfect, in fact there is tension in the wrist and thumb, the hip looks slightly uncomfortable, and behind the figure men both robed, and nude, in focus enough to see the direction of their gaze.

Sante D'Orazio at Stellan Holm, Mona Kuhn at Cowles Lemon Hound 2007

In "Refractions" 2006 a woman holds a glass of water at her hip, a bit incongruous, not perfect, in fact there is tension in the wrist and thumb, the hip looks slightly uncomfortable, and behind the figure men both robed, and nude, in focus enough to see the direction of their gaze.

Archive 2007-04-01 Lemon Hound 2007

"Refractions" was chosen this summer for the "Poetry Everywhere" project of the Poetry Foundation.

GotPoetry.com News 2008

"INSIDE OUT: ARTISTS 'SELF PORTRAITS" Inspired by the National Portrait Gallery's recent show "Reflections/Refractions: Self-Portraiture in the Twentieth Century," this exhibition explores how 22 local artists see themselves.

Washington, D.C., Going Out Guide, June 24-30 2010

"INSIDE OUT: ARTISTS 'SELF PORTRAITS" Inspired by the National Portrait Gallery's recent show "Reflections/Refractions: Self-Portraiture in the Twentieth Century," this exhibition explores how 22 local artists see themselves.

Washington, D.C., Going Out Guide, June 24-30 2010

Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light. 4th edition.

Kant's Philosophical Development Schönfeld, Martin 2007

MARCIANO: Refractions through ice crystals which are high cirrus clouds.

CNN Transcript Jun 6, 2006 2006

My belief in critical objectivity disqualifies me from judging my writing or from taking issue with a hostile judgment of it, such as D.J. Enright's review of my Refractions: Essays in Comparative Literature (September 8).

Comparative Lit. Levin, Harry 1966

Describing the relation of Refractions to my previous books, I ventured to say: "Insofar as they have been studies in depth, concentrated interpretations of writers and their works, perhaps they have earned me the privilege of ranging more broadly and generalizing more freely in this book."

Comparative Lit. Levin, Harry 1966

But when ever I had occasion to examine the small parts of a Body more accurately, I took out the middle Glass, and only made use of one Eye Glass with the Object Glass, for always the fewer the Refractions are, the more bright and clear the Object appears.

Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon Robert Hooke 1669