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| Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 5:48 am
Post subject: "haze of light" |
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Writing something this morning, I found that I'd used to phrase "haze
of light" without thinking. Which (fortunately) set me thinking, well,
what does that actually *mean*? I looked up "haze" to see if it meant
something other than what I thought it meant. Nope.
Where did the phrase "haze of light" come from, what is it actually
meant to mean, and is it as silly as it sounds to these ears?
(No, I won't be using the phrase anymore.)
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"I don't do anything, not one single thing. I used to
bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more."
(attributed to Dorothy Parker)
Web: http://donotuselifts.net/
Email: m [dot] gallagher [at] student [dot] canberra [dot] edu [dot] au |
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Stefan Ram
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| Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 6:37 am
Post subject: Re: "haze of light" |
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mark <m.gallagher@student.canberra.edu.au> writes:
| Quote: | Where did the phrase "haze of light" come from, what is it actually
meant to mean, and is it as silly as it sounds to these ears?
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To me, it seems to come from "haze" and "light".
It seems to mean:
A phenomenom taken to be localized in space and causing an
area within the field of vision to be slightly more bright
than either its environment in the field of vision or an
implicit reference brightness.
In the first case, the transition from the brighter area to
its ambience is diffuse (not sharp). |
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Carmen L. Abruzzi
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| Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 7:13 am
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mark wrote:
| Quote: | Writing something this morning, I found that I'd used to phrase "haze
of light" without thinking. Which (fortunately) set me thinking, well,
what does that actually *mean*? I looked up "haze" to see if it meant
something other than what I thought it meant. Nope.
Where did the phrase "haze of light" come from, what is it actually
meant to mean, and is it as silly as it sounds to these ears?
Purple haze all in my brain |
Lately things don't seem the same
Actin' funny but I don't know why
'scuse me while I kiss the sky
Purple haze all around
Don't know if I'm comin' up or down
Am I happy or in misery?
Whaterever it is, that girl put a spell on me
Purple haze was all in my eyes
Don't know if it's day or night
You've got me blowin', blowin' my mind
Is it tomorrow or just the end of time? |
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John Dean
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| Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 4:46 pm
Post subject: Re: "haze of light" |
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mark wrote:
| Quote: | Writing something this morning, I found that I'd used to phrase "haze
of light" without thinking. Which (fortunately) set me thinking,
well, what does that actually *mean*? I looked up "haze" to see if
it meant something other than what I thought it meant. Nope.
Where did the phrase "haze of light" come from, what is it actually
meant to mean, and is it as silly as it sounds to these ears?
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You were thinking of "rays of light"?
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John Dean
Oxford |
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Alan Jones
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| Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 6:42 pm
Post subject: Re: "haze of light" |
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"mark" <m.gallagher@student.canberra.edu.au> wrote in message
news:MPG.1d1e0c3ba08b19a8989dc1@news.individual.net...
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Writing something this morning, I found that I'd used to phrase "haze
of light" without thinking. Which (fortunately) set me thinking, well,
what does that actually *mean*? I looked up "haze" to see if it meant
something other than what I thought it meant. Nope.
Where did the phrase "haze of light" come from, what is it actually
meant to mean, and is it as silly as it sounds to these ears?
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It's a good expression to describe bright sunlight glowing through a morning
mist, as in so many Turner paintings. The light isn't dimmed but diffused so
that the mist itself seems to be a light source.
Alan Jones |
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