GR translation: the precisions of light

[Paul Mackin]

On 6/16/2012 12:27 AM, Mike Jing wrote:
> P208.18-26   Good mornings of good old lust, early shutters open to
> the sea, winds coming in with the heavy brushing of palm leaves, the
> wheezing break to surface and sun of porpoises out in the harbor.
> “Oh,” Katje groans, somewhere under a pile of their batistes and
> brocade, “Slothrop, you pig.”
> “Oink, oink, oink,” sez Slothrop cheerfully. Seaglare dances up on the
> ceiling, smoke curls from black-market cigarettes. Given the
> precisions of light these mornings, there are forms of grace to be
> found in the rising of the smoke, meander, furl, delicate fade to
> clarity. . . .
>
> What does "the precisions of light" mean?  What does it mean to say
> light is "precise"?
>
the light is not defused by hazy or foggy weather.

as if the smoke is seen through polarized sunglasses

not a lot of reflection

sharp images

all of the above

P