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  In the Waterstone bookshop in Piccadilly (London) I bought this illustrated book that immediately struck me for its colors and phrases, which not only were short but also packed with deep meaning.  The book is provided with a magnificent cover which features an iridescent sea and a bright sky full of stars, in which enthrones a big bird (perhaps an Artic tern), and a boat with majestic white sails, at the ends of which is tied a red band and where we catch a glimpse of a human figure, probably a child.  Moreover, we cast a shimmering blue foreground, followed by the title “sail” (namely “vela” in italian), from which the white sails and plumage of the bird emerge.  Dorien Brouwers, the author, uses watercolors to blend the colour blue into shades from whiteblue to turquoise.  All those shades of blue, together with the white found in the waves, the stars, the sails and the feathers of the bird, bring to life a pleasant sensation of distention.  In fact, Brouwers admits having written