Status Updates From La hora azul

She told me this, too: years ago, hundreds of years ago, the villagers used to bury the dead out here on Eris, to keep them safe from wolves. - Vanessa Chapman’s diary

‘Art is legacy, it is solace. It soothes, consoles, arouses. It’s work. It’s what you do all day. It’s how you work things out, how you understand the world. It’s the opportunity to start over, to shed your skin, to take revenge, to fall in love. To be good. To live long.’

And all those things the critics wrote about her – that she was … what was it? – disagreeable and prickly and strident – that’s just what people say about a woman who knows her own mind, isn’t it?’