Its high number of No voters has exposed deep divisions and raised questions about whether the party itself is sufficiently progressive and capable of responding to the hanging political landscape.
LED bulbs can be used almost anywhere, typical applications are general room lighting, desk lamps, outdoor hanging lanterns, landscape lighting, path lighting, and spot/flood lighting.
But in the savannas below, the tendrils of smoke hanging over the landscape attest to a custom that has set off a fierce debate among scientists in Venezuela and beyond: the Pemón Indian tradition of repeatedly burning grassland and forest to hunt for animals and grow food.
My good friend the artist Bill Dunlap got me invited to one owned by a very gracious couple from Jackson, and it boasted a huge powder room, delicious hors d'oeuvres, maid service and an enormous (and stunning, of course) Dunlap landscape hanging on the wall.
There were graveyards in the cornfields and ghost stories about every house and corner, rumours of murders and lovers' quarrels turned deadly, the haze of drug use and poverty hanging over a landscape so rich and green it hurt your eyes to look at it.
Inserted alongside this neutral territory, almost like an afterthought, is a small, richly decorated bedchamber — cut velvet draperies shrouding the bed, ornately carved chairs stiffly arranged, Dutch still lifes and landscapes hanging against a vividly patterned wall covering.
She points to abstract landscapes hanging in her studio, a cottage-like space tucked behind the family's 1908 Craftsman home.
"In my childhood, I had such a strong experience hanging around in the landscape," he told me.
This warm, wonderfully retro restaurant, with its hanging Tiffany lamps, conventional landscape art, red and black banquettes, antique-filled breakfront, flowers, floral carpeting, ornate vases and beamed ceiling, celebrated its 40th anniversary last week.
In the same book, a character named Art is the one who sees, at the dining table, a chunk of landscape, just hanging above him, as if "someone had cut a slice out of the coast and dipped it into the room with us, like we're the coffee and it's the biscotti".
