"The Art of Looking Sideways"

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* Caving painting:  I was instructed how to mix white paint from chalky clay, water, and lizard oil. We used a flat piece of bark to combine the mixture. .. When it appeared to be of acceptable consistency, they folded the bark into a funnel and I poured the paint in my mouth. Next, I placed my hand on the red wall and began to spit the paint out all around my fingers. Finally I lifted my spattered hand, and there was the mark of the Mutant on the sacred wall.

* The lotus motif:  first was adopted by Egyptians.. conjugated with the palm to make the palmettes in Greece.. The scroll motif emigrated to the east once more to become arabesque... travelled back to the west to ornament the Alhambra in Spain, become a Paisley pattern in Scotland...

__ ? comes from q/o, short for quaestio; ! comes from l/o, lo being latin for joy.
__ Capital letters were influenced by chisel; lower-case letters by pen.
__ Ironically, camouflage has become distinctive, each country favouring its own design.
__ The authentic Persian rug usually contains a deliberate fault on the principle that only Allah is perfect.
__ Sosos mosaic from Pergamum

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