The haystacks were neutral receptacles for light. But that was their point, for Monet wanted to show fifteen of the infinite varieties of light effect that could be drawn from a motif at different times of day, in different weathers. Each haystack was meant to be seen as a sample of something both commonplace and endless, that could blot up all the inspection and discrimaination a human eye can bring. "Eternity in a grain of sand/ and Heaven in a flower."
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