"[W]e call the whole shimmering mess 'color.' You might even say that it is the business of the eye to make colored forms out of what is essentially shimmering. This is how we 'get around' in the world. Some might also call it the source of our suffering."
—page 20, Bluets by Maggie Nelson
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Also: brilliance, shimmer, shining, glimmer. The ancient Greek color experience as more than just "pigment."
"The Sea Was Never Blue: The Greek Colour Experience Was Made of Movement and Shimmer. Can We Ever Glimpse What They Saw When Gazing Out to Sea?"
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