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By Jen Caruso
Introduction:
Semblance [Schein] that must be explained (for example, error):
that must be eschewed (for example, Sirens); that should be ignored (for example, will-o’-the-wisps).
Another classification of semblance:
Semblance behind which something is concealed [….].
Semblance behind which nothing lies concealed […].
– Walter Benjamin, “On Semblance.”
The first time I see the Semblances show, it is in [...]