Monday, November 01, 2004

Rachmaninoff's Nano Concerto No. 2


This letter to the editor of the Hollister (Calif.) Free Lance illustrates, again, how "nanotechnology" is being called into active metaphor service, and it's not all hazardous duty.

    She played Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2, and played it flawlessly. I was fortunate to have a seat where I could observe her delicate hands with dancing fingers traversing the ivory keyboard with the speed of lightning and the precision of nanotechnology. More here
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