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| Salvador Dali, Sewing Machine with Umbrella Oil on Canvas Courtesy of the Stratton Foundation |
Definition
A partial shadow between regions.
The grayish outer spot of a region.
"It is because the critics are not detched they do not see this detachment, it is because they are not looking at things in a dry light that they cannot see the difference between black and white."#
#Chesterton, G. The Everlasting Man. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1993.
Cocktail Party Banter
When you are in the midst of things it is often to be at a penumbra of things.
Literary Context
Slowly the penumbra, the shadow of a shadow, crept on over the bright surface, and as it crept I heard deep gasps of fear rising from the multitude around.
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