Day 1,368: solid-state, remorselessness, awe, aficionado

The solid-state remorselessness with which a field of solar panels sucks up sunshine offers less obvious inspiration, but can still stir awe in the aficionado.

The case for an environmentalism that builds

Artwork of the day 
The aficionado (The torero)
Pablo Picasso
Original Title: L'aficionado (Le torero)
Date: 1912
Style: Analytical Cubism
Period: Cubist Period
Genre: portrait
Media: oil, canvas
Dimensions: 135 x 82 cm

Word of the day 
solid-state: used to refer to an electronic device in which the flow of electrical current is through solidmaterial and not through a vacuum (= spacewithout air)
remorselessness: severe and showing no sadness or guilt
awe: a feeling of great respect sometimes mixedwith fear or surprise
aficionado: someone who is very interested in and enthusiastic about a particular subject

Quote of the day
“A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity. It dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.
-The Last Seance (from The Hound of Death and Other Stories, also Double Sin and Other Stories)”
― Agatha Christie, The Hound of Death and Other Stories