Salvador Dalí shows the set up from which he hopes to obtain the painting, a sea urchin is placed on a small chair and in its mouth, the "Aristotle's lantern", he puts a swan’s feather or other light object. The swan’s feather (he owns two swans which swim around in the sea in front of his home at Port Lligat) is allowed to slightly touch a sheet of blackened paper. The movements then made by the "oursin" are traced on the paper. At Salvador Dalí's house, Portlligat, Cadaqués 1957.

At his home in Portlligat in 1957, Salvador Dalí demonstrates a method for creating a painting. With a wide-eyed, intense expression, the artist presents a sea urchin while wearing a soft cap with a flower tucked behind his ear. The full apparatus is visible: another urchin sits on a miniature chair with a swan’s feather placed in its mouth, or "Aristotle's lantern." The feather's tip is positioned to lightly touch a blackened sheet of paper, allowing the creature’s movements to be traced onto the surface, thus generating an artwork.

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