Holography for Beginners

In an odd reflective moment the laser surface of this CD becomes, well, three-D. The charming cone that levitates off the regular reflected image makes one wonder, does it have an equivalence hovering unseen above the CD? Perhaps it's only trace is that sharp line of light.

Consolidated Shadows in Black and White

Perhaps in a presentiment of what will happen to the clothes these forms once wore, this black and white collection loiter late afternoon, post market, like consolidated shadows. The calico covered form in front, without the anatomical chutzpah of its companions, suggests that elegance tells less.

The Orchid Stream Steams Ahead

In my imaginary orchid competiition the 2013 winner might be this denbrob with its elegantly elongated petals, that scissor the morning light into a maze of hatchings, or is it that they cross-hatch light amazingly? And if you glossed over the difference in some hypothetical translation would the meaning be changed in some important non-linguistic way. In any cse the picture tells. There is one late runner that still might pip this one to the post, or would that be post a pippance?

In Gratiation -A Smiling Art

Like a cross between a folding screen and two lost smiles flanked by hole-iness this exemplar of elegance is from my friend S's zesty collection of graters.  Holding the possibilities of cheese partitioned into two or three variations, nutmeg and lemon rind this grin and bare it grater, is not something to mince words with.