Tempo

Telemaco Signorini, September Morning in Settignano (c. 1891, Galleria dell'Arte Moderna, Palazzo Pitti, Florença)

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«(…) Already yesterday he noticed how the world is a timepiece. Birds announce dawn and dusk. Insects chime in further – the shrill cries of cicadas, like dentist’s drill, the frog-like warbling of crickets, among others. The church's bell also portions up the day helpfully. And finally the earth itself is a spinning clock, to each quadrant of hours a quality of light (…)».

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Yann Martel, The High Mountains of Portugal, Edinburgh Canongate Books, 2016, p. 285.

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