Where is the luster? Some say you have to work at having luster. It's the polish on silverware that requires elbow grease often for the silverware to shine. Some say you have to find something like a diamond in its rough form and remove layers to get to the diamond and spend a lot of time cutting and polishing it. Some you have to simply take a cloth and rub off the dust from something like ceramic. Some say its like shoes that get scuffed and you have to polish over and over to restore the shine.
To me, luster is automatically apparent and attractive. You might shine something from time to time to enhance its distinction, but luster is always apparent. When an object has luster, everything else in the background is faded, blurred, or otherwise insignificant. So, when luster is absent, you know instantly what's missing because it enhances everything else around it in the picture.
I've tried the elbow grease, cutting, and adding polish. My, how I miss the luster in my life...
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