Monday, August 25, 2008

Magnificent Keeping

“It is true that I have thought more and that my daydreams are more extended and magnificent, but they want (as the painters call it) keeping” (5).

Walton is referring to a sense of conformity and congruity to his daydreams, rather than preservation. In painter’s terms, keeping is to maintain the harmony of a painting, typically concerning the placement of objects in the background and the foreground.

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