Paintings can conjure up alternate worlds maybe a little better than pictures usually manage. Want to keep this picture in mind as I make a story.



Partially cut off here (which ruins it). I like these two early pictures of his better than his famous stuff.

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Rereading Robin Hobb's Ship of Magic. Every single good character is experiencing a considerable degree of suffering. How is it not miserable to read?

http://www.meganlindholm.com/2009/08/19/procrastination/

My previous post about my somewhat passive aggressive coworker. Her books are largely that sort of thing. With a tiny bit of magic thrown in.