Leo 27. A man draws a picture on the surface of a lake.
He touches the water lightly, dragging upon its surface his long stick which forms the lines of a woman’s face, each line disappearing the moment it is made but simultaneously creating ripples which collide with and absorb each other as they move outward across the lakes surface.
Realizing it is too difficult to obtain the exact visual appearance he desires, he kneels, and bringing his lips close to the surface begins to blow softly upon the water. And there his breath flutters over the wavelets, and a vague, gentle face appears, creating the illusion that it had actually arisen from the depths of the dark waters.