is the title of an exhibition in the national gallery I went to on an october sunday.
spanish 17th century paintings and for their time, astonishingly realistic sculptures

sighh

one mastery of a presentation, first of all. you descend down the wide spacious stairs into the basement, thinking no one else knows of this place, and the walls blacken. showing your ticket at the entrance, you take an oath of silence, for upon that moment nobody says another word. three different depictions of Christ on the cross are lit up beside each other. gradually, any religious doubts you may have had, leave your mind entirely, for when accompanied by the specially composed music, the effect the art has on you is almost daunting.

and ohh, at the end of the audio tour, when the male voice offers you to go around again to attempt to see the paintings as sculptures and the sculptures as paintings, you think

'I want to be a part of this'

of favourites
mmmm

When you open this [link] what's the first impression you get of the painting?

The thing is, it took me ages to make out the monks. And when the rest of my family had absolutely no problem with that task, I was really surprised and wanted to know how others found it. I'm sure it means something. Any idea what it might be? - the fact that for about 5 min all I could see were swirls of alternating colour lines.. and I really had to put an effort into finally noticing the figures..

Another interesting thing we did in Theory of Knowledge the other day [link]
Which direction is the figure spinning in for you?

it's been over three weeks in a new school. so far so good.. a little overwhelming. tomorrow's open day. need to go, even though still struggle finding my way around. they're short of guides you see. expecting around 15 hundred visitors (!) wish me luck..