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Things That Look Like Other Things

is the only thing that knows the true color of sunlight.

Only leaves know the true color of sunlight.

Each leaf is a table at which the sun dines.

is a one-fingered hand with the finger as capable as any arm: they send out semaphore signals in the wind.

Leaves are one-fingered hands with the finger as capable as any arm: they send out semaphore signals in the wind. The secret of digital dexterity in a pianist is each finger on each hand making powerful armlike movements that descend from upper arm to forearm and from forearm to hand, with shoulder-joint mutating into elbow-joint and elbow into fist, each hand movement fusing everything together. When a great pianist performs, each finger is a minimal arm, each fingertip a multi-fingered hand. He can make a piano sound like some colossal two-handed orchestra.

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