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...time he was in his 30s, Vermeer had developed a unique way of rendering light and texture. Instead of building up forms with continuous movements of the brush, he used tiny luminous highlights, pasty dots and spots bringing more dissolved areas of light into focus. These gave a startling effect of studied, textural distinctness. It's as though you see every crumb in a cut loaf, every thread in a tapestry...
...indoors. In an attempt to get Web surfers salivating over summer's big-budget wannabe blockbusters, studios are pulling out all the stops to give you something to do online when the boss isn't looking. You can spend hours jousting with geeks as hopeless as you are, brush up on your history while you blow things up, and pour your heart out to a robot--with no price of admission...
...right and left, dramatic waves of budding larkspur and lavender freesia descend upon the central flowers like the leering old men. These literal interpretations seem to offer the most fun for visitors who want to go through the exhibits trying to match each flower to a particular brush-stroke...
...blade slot made me think - if you will excuse these featherweight reflections - about the old rituals. Long ago, when men wore hats, shaving was a far more serious and ceremonial business than it is now. I keep to some of the old forms. I use a shaving brush, for example...
...mentality that made them successful businessmen, in fact, may be making them rotten ranchers. "All the time I hear they want to restore to the native habitat with buffalo and bluebonnets," says Neil Wilkins, a wildlife biologist at A&M. "They call and say, 'I've already cleared the brush, now what?'" Of course, they have destroyed the very habitat that attracted wildlife. "These people are used to running corporations, and, by gosh, they want to see some changes fast," says Wilkins. "They make sure some dirt gets pushed around, and more often than not it results in something...