#218 But not
a room full of paintings
and then another room
full of paintings
and behind these rooms
a smaller room full of paint tubs
and an office where canvas
is stretched and prepared
and behind the room of paint tubs
and the office of stretched canvas
another room of conservators
digitising the images
recording stories behind the paintings
the thousands of them
a task that brings remembering
into the picture
almost too late
Ah yes, the rooms behind the rooms, the stuff of dreams too. Last line pulls me up short, many implications...the urgent need to save what we can, and yes, almost too late.
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