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<\/a><\/center>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\nILLUSTRATOR n., in L. Form f. illustrate v. Cf. late L. illusr\u00e2tor (lactatantius); F. illustrateur (15th c. in Godef.)
\nOne who or that which illustrates, in the various senses of the vb.; one who gives or draws illustrations; the artist who illustrates a book or periodical.
\n1598 FLORIO Illustratore, an illustrator, a glorifier, a giver of honours. c. 1611 CHAPMAN Homer\u2019s Iliads Sonn. Gg v b, The right gracious Illustrator of virtue\u2026 the Earle of Montgomrie. 1638 BURTON Anat, Mel (ed. 4) III ii.v. v. 585 Leonitius his illustrator Garceus. 1689-90 in Wood\u2019s Life 30 Jan (O.H.S.) III, 323 \u201cAn illustrator\u201d or picturer of great letters in books\u201d. 1812 W. TAYLOR in Monthly Rev. LXVIII.499 From Herodotus and his illustrators. 1834 F. BRAYLEY (title) Graphic and Historical Illustrator of the Popular Superstitions and Customs of Wales. 1870 DICKENS Lett. (1880) II 439 You please me with what you say of my new illustrator. 1879 J. C. BRAWN Ethics Geo Eliot 114 She stands out as the deepest broadest and most Catholic illustrator of the true ethics of Christianity.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s what my dictionary says, anyway.
\nIt seems that the defintion of illustration, while initially donning the gilded robes of office once worn by illumination, has since slowly shifted from the philosophical to the pictural, from fiat lux to a 60 watt bulb\u2026
\nAh well, the word dog may not bite, but it does pay to see if it\u2019s housebroken before letting it stay in all night\u2026<\/p>\n
FOOLED AND OTHERWISE BAFFLED<\/p>\n
It\u2019s always comforting to know that the authorities have the best interests of community and citizen at heart when they tell us what\u2019s best for us.
\nThough I do wonder\u2026 I recently received a bill from the authorities for my \u201cindustrial waste\u201d. Given that I have a \u201cbusiness with one employee\u201d (that\u2019s me!) I am considered as a potentially polluting garbage-generating enterprise and taxed in consequence.
\nNow, never mind that I produce less \u201cprofessional\u201d garbage (perhaps they are thinking of my originals?) than a subscription to the local paper, up until then I was a conscientious recycler, happily doing my part and hauling paper (coated and newsprint, duly separated and neatly tied with natural twine), cardboard, glass, aluminium and tutti quanti to the appropriate containers. But now I have a new duty to the community, I must supply them with a couple of hundred bucks of \u201cindustrial\u201d waste a year, above all since I am paying for it in advance. I certainly don\u2019t want to let them down, but I am hard-pressed to comply. Even by binning all the paper and cardboard I can lay my hands on, I am afraid I fall short of my quota. (I still recycle glass and aluminium of course, that\u2019s private household waste.) But am I doing enough? Am I getting my money\u2019s worth? Are they? Will I have to go and collect waste paper from the neighbours? Perhaps I can ask the mechanic to give me the used oil from my car, or subscribe to a few thick magazines\u2026
\nIt\u2019s satisfying to participate in a thoroughly planned collective effort, though.
\nFOOLING AROUND<\/p>\n
Here are a couple of photos from the documentary shoot last month. Question: what do a father and son do when placed for a short period of time in a totally idyllic setting? Answer: find some sharp sticks and try and put each others\u2019 eyes out, of course\u2026<\/p>\n
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