SIM – Plate 35b
Plate 35, Fig. 67, the same experiment carried out between 10 p.m. on the 28th and 2 a.m. of the 29th September, i.e., Michaelmas Day. A surprising and most impressive picture! The normal formation of arrows partly fills the lower part; the rising height is still higher than the day before. The upper part is harmoniously worked through from Silver nitrate and Iron sulphate, without forming arrows. It is a soft feathery structure weaving through the whole background and in the centre, inexplicably majestic, a metamorphosis of the arrow. Studying a single arrow, we have the impression that we can clearly define the starting point, the tiny, black spot, which grows upward to the characteristic arrow. Dark shadows underneath the form, make it seem nearly three dimensional ; it looks plastic ; but we are not so sure about where the arrow ends; it becomes lighter and lighter and finally blends into the background. The majestic central form in the experiment on Michaelmas Day is complete. The outer contour envelops completely what has been formed inside. It looks similar to the arrow and we can observe the tiny black spot from which the whole form started to build itself up. Inside appears another arrow from which light seems to exhale. Again this light figure seems enshrined in a beautiful vessel, complete in its exquisite form.