Cemetery of Splendour
"In order for the walls of the cell to disappear (visually), it was indispensable to change the dimensional system in my men. I copy a paragraph from the treatise of Dr. Pelcari: 鈥楾here are parts of the membrane of the eye especially sensitive to each color; there are cells wich analyze colors; others combine the chromatic and the luminous sensations; the neurons of the center of the retina permit the appreciation of space; the chromatic system and the dimensional system have their point of departure in the eye, in cells originally identical and later diversified.鈥� Concerning this point, see also Suarez de Mendoza, Marinesco, Douney. I resolved the problem by combining the chromatic cells with the spatial. In my patients, the cells which are sensitive to color percieve space. The three essential colors gave three dimensions: blue, width; yellow, lenght; red, height. 鈥�
A vertical wall, painted blue and yellow, would appear as a beach; with slight red touches, like a sea (the red would give the height of waves).鈥� 鈥擜dolfo Bioy Casares, Plan of Escape
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"In order for the walls of the cell to disappear (visually), it was indispensable to change the dimensional system in my men. I copy a paragraph from the treatise of Dr. Pelcari: 鈥楾here are parts of the membrane of the eye especially sensitive to each color; there are cells wich analyze colors; others combine the chromatic and the luminous sensations; the neurons of the center of the retina permit the appreciation of space; the chromatic system and the dimensional system have their point of departure in the eye, in cells originally identical and later diversified.鈥� Concerning this point, see also Suarez de Mendoza, Marinesco, Douney. I resolved the problem by combining the chromatic cells with the spatial. In my patients, the cells which are sensitive to color percieve space. The three essential colors gave three dimensions: blue, width; yellow, lenght; red, height. 鈥�
A vertical wall, painted blue and yellow, would appear as a beach; with slight red touches, like a sea (the red would give the height of waves).鈥� 鈥擜dolfo Bioy Casares, Plan of Escape
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