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[Perinthia's astronomers are faced with a difficult choice.]
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[Perinthia's astronomers are faced with a difficult choice.]
In the city of monsters .
Perinthia (Cities and the Sky 4)
“Perinthia’s astronomers are faced with a difficult choice. Either they must admit that all their calculations were wrong and their figures are unable to describe the heaves, or else they must reveal that the order of the gods is reflected exactly in the city of monsters.”
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“Summoned to lay down the rules for the foundation of Perinthia, the astronomers established the place and the day according to the position of the stars…Perinthia - they guaranteed - would reflect the harmony of the firmament, nature’s reason and the gods’ benevolence would shape the inhabitants’ destinies. In Perinthia’s streets and square today you encounter cripples, dwarfs, hunchbacks, obese men, bearded women. But the worse cannot be seen; guttural howls are heard from cellars and lofts… Perinthia’s astronomers are faced with a difficult choice. Either they must admit that all their calculations were wrong and their figures are unable to describe the heavens, or else they must reveal that the order of the gods is reflected exactly in the city of monsters.”
"Summoned to lay down the rules for the foundation of Perinthia, the astronomers established the place and the day according to the position of the stars...Perinthia - they guaranteed - would reflect the harmony of the firmament, nature's reason and the gods' benevolence would shape the inhabitants' destinies. In Perinthia's streets and square today you encounter cripples, dwarfs, hunchbacks, obese men, bearded women. But the worse cannot be seen; guttural howls are heard from cellars and lofts... Perinthia's astronomers are faced with a difficult choice. Either they must admit that all their calculations were wrong and their figures are unable to describe the heavens, or else they must reveal that the order of the gods is reflected exactly in the city of monsters." INVISIBLE CITIES: Perinthia
Gouache, charcoal, and colored pencil on bristol board.
February 18th, 2015
artist: Joe Kuth