ÿþ<html> <head> <title>Whistling Shade</title> </head> <body bgcolor = dddddd body text = 557755 link=white vlink=white> <center> <table> <tr> <td align = left> <IMG SRC = "../graphics/header.gif"> <hr> </td> </TR> </table> <p><p> <table> <tr> <td align = left width = 100><img src = "../graphics/flower.gif"></td> <td> <Center> <H2>Peripheral Vision</H2> <i>by Ian Randall Wilson </i> </Center> <pre> <font face = "arial"> I have decided to push the world's body of knowledge in a new direction. We'll do geometry on rubber sheets, algebra in the attic, philosophy on the stovetop, sociology on needlepoint, history on linoleum, psychology on broken tiles, that's a nice rock you have there. The geologists will do their work on slate roofs, theoretical mathematicians need only abstract space but tonight, I assign them the living room's hardwood floor, new trends, old trends, back to bacon. Zoology on a soft mattress, trigonometry on wet paint, paleontology in a bird cage, archaeology on freshly sodded lawns I think my hands are more beautiful than my mother's. We'll pause now that refreshments have arrived. © 2002 <a href = "../writers.html#wilson">by Ian Randall Wilson.</a> All rights reserved. </font></pre> <a href = "../0201.html">Home</a> </td> <td align = right width = 100><img src = "../graphics/flower2.gif"></td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>