refract

Less attention has been paid to how heat interacts with structural color — often vibrant, iridescent hues created by light refracting off of microscopic structures.

This supernatural-looking glass refracted tricky golden beams, absorbing tesseracts of analogue and HD-video projections, dosing the audience with what felt like liquid LSD submerged in a blazing infinity pool.

While Spears was reportedly more in control on that record than any other, Blackout succeeds in part because she’s a mysterious presence at its core, her signature wail refracted by effects and shrouded in synths.

When there’s artificial light to help guide you to an island, you don’t hone your other skills, like understanding birds or seeing the ocean refracting off the islands.