The moods of the dark night skies are variously represented like soft black velvet, like the shining black of a scarab beetle, like the patina-ed sur… - Peter Greenaway

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The moods of the dark night skies are variously represented like soft black velvet, like the shining black of a scarab beetle, like the patina-ed surface of Indian-inked paper, soft blotting-paper soaked in dark blue ink for forty days, like a black cat's fur shining in moonlight...