Apr 21, 2022
10 min read
PAST IS PROLOGUE
Faces of Jeanne and Tom
On living with a forgotten painter’s masterpiece
The painting hangs over my desk. My desk is pushed against an unused fireplace, so the painting gains the authority of hanging over a mantle too. The image possesses a gaze — several, when you begin to examine it — and forms a trap for human gazes, a sink for human attention. You might…
