#284 À La Rencontre Du Plaisir

Griot is troubadour, 
   West African, live 
    archive of traditions, 
      much like the 
        medieval minstrel. 

Grelot is bell—jingle-, 
  sleigh-. Usually 
    small, unlike the one
      depicted here. Is
        a mystery why 

the bowler-hatted 
  man is focused on 
    it since it has no 
      mystery. The man's 
        shadow stands be-

hind the curtain, 
  looks in a different 
    direction, absorbs
      the atmosphere. He
        will sing about it. 

          Later.

#283 The Uncertainty Principle

"An object (a human figure or something else) is presented against a background on which its shadow falls, with the amend- ment that the shadow is that of some quite different object. Example: a naked woman projecting another in the form of a bird onto a curtain." Magritte

The title is totally abstract. The painting presents a disturbing aspect of actuality. The uncertainty principle means that the position & momentum of either subject or reflection cannot be simultaneously measured with precision.