
Becoming remarkable defies common sense
by antdina
You stand at the entrance of a large painting gallery. The ceiling floats 3 stories above your head. The warm lighting rakes across textured fabric that papers the wall. Hundreds of people press against a railing that gives distance from just one picture. It stands alone, a single wall shielded by bullet-proof glass and watched by uniformed guards. Even though the image is only the size of a postage stamp from where you stand, you recognize the most famous painting in […]
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