Lynn

“Epigenetics combined with the philosophical idea of Determinism made me wonder if free will is—if not an illusion—a bit of a mirage. That, in addition to the environment we grow up in, the contour and texture of our lives are shaped—in part—by some form of genetic predetermination.”
― Jamie Ford, The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

“Pablo recognizes the brushwork and cramped composition, but also how both something torturous and transcendent are conveyed. He’s seen this artist before. “This is that painter you spoke of with Manyac on the first day, the deranged one with syphilis.” “So some venereologist says. The fellow’s name was Vincent. Gave him a showing a few”
― Luke Jerod Kummer, The Blue Period

“Hanging on the opposite wall is a painting, the only one down here. It’s hard to tell if the object in the canvas’s foreground is a giant cypress or a towering black flame. Pablo gathers nearer. There is so much movement within the picture frame, he finds he cannot stare at any single point for long. In the distance behind the dark spire in the center, though, there’s a valley with little houses nestled around a high-steepled church, not unlike scenes Pablo witnessed from the train window as he rode”
― Luke Jerod Kummer, The Blue Period

“Joe and I”
― Louise Douglas, The House by the Sea