James Gleick

Particle physicists may freeze a second, open it up, and explore its dappled contents like surgeons pawing through an abdomen, but in real life, when events occur within thousandths of a second, our minds cannot distinguish past from future.

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Use 'dappled' to describe patterns created by nature, often involving light and shadow.

Natural Settings

The adjective 'dappled' conjures a vivid image, so use it in creative writing for effect.

Visual Imagery

'Dappled' often implies a playful or pleasant quality, suitable for light-hearted contexts.

Positive Connotation

The verb 'dappled' describes the act of light creating patterns on objects.

Action of Light

'Dappled' as a verb implies a temporary condition, often changing with movement.

Momentary Effect

'Dappled' can celebrate irregular beauty, often seen in art and nature.

Beauty in Imperfection

 And yet, there are hundreds and hundreds of children in the developed world who never see nature, because they're growing up in concrete and all they know is virtual reality, with no opportunity to go and lie in the sun, or in the forest, with the dappled sun-specks coming down from the canopy above.

What separates us from...

 hunt and swim and lion water to cool off so of course they have what you call sort of parallel evolution there's a they have evolved on the other side of the world literally and the the dappled markings and spots for camouflage is a

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Visual Imagery

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