Day 1,356: fiddly

No one yet has discovered a mechanised method to replace the fiddly business of wrapping silk and cotton around delicate creations of feather, tinsel and fur to simulate a buzzing insect so convincingly that it whets the appetite of greedy trout.

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Artwork of the day 
Heroic Fiddling
Paul Klee
Date: 1938
Style: Abstract Art
Period: Late Works
Genre: abstract
Location: Private Collection

Word of the day 
fiddly: difficult to do because the parts involved are small
whet: to increase someone's interest in and wish for something, usually by giving them a small experience of it

Quote of the day
“Sending emails with her phone was plain fiddly.”
― Linda Huber, The Attic Room