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The green ray, the three-no challenge, and venting

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Madeleine Dore
May 21, 2023
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A thing to watch

“Sailors see them more than the rest of us, and they have come to signify, for some, the harbinger of great change or fortune in their lives…For years I’ve sought out the green ray, peering at horizons for the last fractional second of greenness, not knowing or daring how extravagant a green splash it may be. But never have I seen it…Looking for the green ray became about the act of looking itself.”

— Tacita Dean

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