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Cozy Bedtime Story _ The Anonymous Art Gallery · Abide Meditation App

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Get Sleepy, where we listen, we relax, and
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  Speaker 1: we get sleepy. I'm your host, Thomas. Thanks so much
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  Speaker 1: for tuning in. Tonight's story will be read by a reef,
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  Speaker 1: and it takes us on a journey through a mysterious
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  Speaker 1: art gallery full of beautiful paintings. So let's just take
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  Speaker 1: a moment to unwind and settle in before we hear
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  Speaker 1: tonight's story. Find a comfortable position wherever you are. Once
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  Speaker 1: you're ready, take a big, deep breath in through the
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  Speaker 1: nose and back out through the mouth. Feel how the
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  Speaker 1: weight of your body sinks into your bed as you exhale.
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  Speaker 1: Throughout this relaxation and during our story, thoughts may come
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  Speaker 1: and go, and that's okay. When they arise, just gently
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  Speaker 1: bring your attention back to the breath. and reset yourself
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  Speaker 1: into a state of calm. Now, begin to visualize a
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  Speaker 1: single ray of warm sunlight shining down in your direction.
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  Speaker 1: Whatever this light touches, warmth and relaxation are induced dissolving
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  Speaker 1: any tension and bringing relief. So imagine this ray of
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  Speaker 1: light shining just on your toes. It feels warm. It
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  Speaker 1: creates space and ease as it continues to spread through
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  Speaker 1: your feet. and up into your legs, all the way
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  Speaker 1: to the waist and then the abdomen. These warm rays
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  Speaker 1: melt away any discomfort, they continue spreading up your chest
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  Speaker 1: and moving into the shoulders, down the arms, and then
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  Speaker 1: reaching your hands and fingers. Feel free to stretch and
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  Speaker 1: wiggle your fingers and feel that sense of warmth and relief.
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  Speaker 1: Now the ray of light spreads over your neck and throat. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: the light spreads over your head and face, covering every
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  Speaker 1: inch of your body. Your whole body feels relaxed and renewed.
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  Speaker 1: And as you continue to settle in, picture a small
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  Speaker 1: town bright in the afternoon light. If you move closer
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  Speaker 1: into the town square, perhaps you can see the quaint
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  Speaker 1: stone walkways or a handful of potted plants on windowsills. Then,
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  Speaker 1: you might notice a bright-eyed young man walking down the
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  Speaker 1: narrow road. And this is where our story begins.
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  Speaker 2: Henry strolls along the paved road, whistling cheerfully. Around him,
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  Speaker 2: the town is bright and bustling, people laughing and talking
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  Speaker 2: as they pass by. Street vendors call out to him,
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  Speaker 2: hawking their goods. The sweet sound of a guitar plays,
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  Speaker 2: finds its way to his ears from a street musician.
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  Speaker 2: Children play tag in the town square in front of
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  Speaker 2: him and as he walks past them, their delighted shrieks
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  Speaker 2: mix and mingle with the other sounds in the air.
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  Speaker 2: The day is warm and sunny and Henry is happy
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  Speaker 2: as he walks past the square with no destination in mind.
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  Speaker 2: This is his favorite hobby. As an art student at
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  Speaker 2: the nearby university, Henry often finds himself swamped with work.
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  Speaker 2: There are assignments to be turned in, projects he has
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  Speaker 2: to finish, and classes to attend. it often leaves him
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  Speaker 2: no time to himself. So earlier today, when he found
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  Speaker 2: that he was ahead in his work, it was a
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  Speaker 2: delighted surprise. I really like my work and classes, he thinks,
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  Speaker 2: but taking this time to focus on myself makes me
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  Speaker 2: feel a lot better. With this thought in his head,
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  Speaker 2: Henry turns the corner, walking into a narrow street. Buildings
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  Speaker 2: rise up on either side of him. There are tall
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  Speaker 2: ones with narrow balconies beside short, squat ones that look older.
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  Speaker 2: Some of them have colorful flower boxes lining the windows.
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  Speaker 2: Every so often, Henry stops, peering into the shops that
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  Speaker 2: he passes. Each window holds a new sight. First, there's
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  Speaker 2: a shop with candles molded into different shapes. all in
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  Speaker 2: bright colors. It must smell great in there, Henry thinks
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  Speaker 2: and walks on. The next door is a flower shop.
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  Speaker 2: The bouquets of flowers are everywhere, propped up on shelves
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  Speaker 2: on the walls, displayed in a basket on the teal counters.
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  Speaker 2: and inside an old, unused fireplace. How wonderful, Henry thinks.
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  Speaker 2: Flowers fascinate Henry. Although the blooms themselves are delicate, their
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  Speaker 2: stalks and stems are often rigid and hard. It's as
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  Speaker 2: though the flowers are somewhere between two worlds. Henry is
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  Speaker 2: almost tempted to go into the store so he can
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  Speaker 2: buy a bouquet to draw later. Instead, he notes the
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  Speaker 2: name and location of the shop and vows to come
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  Speaker 2: back some other time. There's still so much to see,
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  Speaker 2: he thinks. Some of the other shops are quite interesting, too.
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  Speaker 2: Like an old clothing store that looks like it was
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  Speaker 2: built when his grandfather was still a boy. every sight
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  Speaker 2: is a magical one and it ignites the passion for
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  Speaker 2: discovery within him Henry makes a mental note of the
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  Speaker 2: more interesting places determined to draw them later. As the
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  Speaker 2: end of the street draws near, he squints at the
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  Speaker 2: building located at the dead end, trying to read its
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  Speaker 2: faded sign. There's something about it that's intriguing, he decides,
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  Speaker 2: as he quickens his pace just a little. He walks
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  Speaker 2: on until the details of the building grow sharper. The door,
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  Speaker 2: once a bright red, looks dull and brown in the
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  Speaker 2: afternoon light. But its brass fixtures shine brightly, as if
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  Speaker 2: someone's taken great care to keep them polished. Henry notes
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  Speaker 2: the frosted windows with their painted border, and when he's
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  Speaker 2: close enough, he sees the small, neat brushstrokes clearly made
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  Speaker 2: by a steady hand. His gaze travels upwards to the
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  Speaker 2: faded blue sign with its dark, patchy lettering. He wonders
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  Speaker 2: why the sign looks so old while the rest of
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  Speaker 2: the shop front has been taken care of. With some difficulty,
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  Speaker 2: he reads its name. The Anonymous Art Gallery. And then,
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  Speaker 2: in smaller, gold letters, since 1921, Henry whispers to himself.
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  Speaker 2: The steps up to the gallery seem to call to him,
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  Speaker 2: and before he can think about it too much, he
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  Speaker 2: finds himself at the door, pushing it open. A bell
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  Speaker 2: chimes above his head, and he glances up at it.
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  Speaker 2: noticing how the polished brass glints. How quaint, he thinks,
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  Speaker 2: smiling to himself before turning his gaze to his surroundings.
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  Speaker 2: The wood-paneled room is small, cozy, and dimly lit. An
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  Speaker 2: empty coat rack hangs on the wall next to the door,
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  Speaker 2: with a pitted wooden bench under it. On the other side,
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  Speaker 2: there's a metal box stuck to the floor. It's clearly
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  Speaker 2: a waiting room of sorts, but with no one to
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  Speaker 2: wait in it save for Henry. Henry wonders if there
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  Speaker 2: was once a time when this little room was full,
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  Speaker 2: bustling with activity. As he looks around, it's as if
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  Speaker 2: a second reality has fallen over his view. He sees
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  Speaker 2: dim lamps appear, throwing the corners of the room into
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  Speaker 2: deep shadow. The wood paneling looks warm and rich under
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  Speaker 2: this light. Then he imagines well-dressed people served by waiters
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  Speaker 2: in smart uniforms who are holding shining silver platters of
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  Speaker 2: finger food. Henry smiles as the image fades and vanishes
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  Speaker 2: from his vision. The room returns to its previous state,
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  Speaker 2: quiet and unassuming, but the image remains firmly imprinted on
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  Speaker 2: his mind. He knows that in the evening, It will
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  Speaker 2: come to life again in watercolor and soft pastel upon
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  Speaker 2: a thick sheet of paper. His survey of the room complete,
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  Speaker 2: Henry moves towards the door when a faded poster catches
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  Speaker 2: his eye. Sandwiched between two pieces of glass, The yellowed
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  Speaker 2: paper hangs on the back of the door. With great interest,
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  Speaker 2: Henry reads the following. Welcome to the Anonymous Art Gallery.
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  Speaker 2: Here you'll find many pieces of art whose artists remain unknown.
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  Speaker 2: Contextual information from previous owners is provided under every painting.
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  Speaker 2: All paintings that are ready to move on can be
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  Speaker 2: found at the very back. If you find a painting
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  Speaker 2: you like, please evaluate its worth and drop that amount
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  Speaker 2: of money into the box by the door. as you leave.
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  Speaker 2: If you have a painting you'd like to donate, place
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  Speaker 2: it under the bench and let us know how you
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  Speaker 2: came across it. Thank you, and have a good day.
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  Speaker 2: Henry reads the sign once, then twice, completely mystified. What
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  Speaker 2: a curious place, he thinks. Intrigued, he looks under the bench.
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  Speaker 2: He's a little disappointed to discover that there are no
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  Speaker 2: paintings here. But as he looks towards the door once again,
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  Speaker 2: he reflects that there's still the rest of the gallery
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  Speaker 2: to explore. After tugging the door open by its shiny
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  Speaker 2: brass knob, he walks through. The gallery is bright under
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  Speaker 2: the warm overhead lights. While its light gray walls are
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  Speaker 2: stark against the dark wooden floor, white partitions zigzag across
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  Speaker 2: the gallery, providing a path through. Each wall is adorned
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  Speaker 2: by a painting and a relevant description. Henry stares ahead
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  Speaker 2: in awe, his eyes tracing the shapes of the paintings.
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  Speaker 2: There's something magical about this place, a subtle kind of magic.
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  Speaker 2: No painting is alike or of equal workmanship. But they
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  Speaker 2: all seem to belong exactly where they are, vital to
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  Speaker 2: the enchantment. Henry closes his eyes and breathes in, feeling
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  Speaker 2: the tiny hairs on his arm stand on end. He
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  Speaker 2: holds the feeling in his heart for a moment, before
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  Speaker 2: breathing out and opening his eyes. With a new vigor,
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  Speaker 2: he walks towards the first painting and smiles, amused. It's
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  Speaker 2: an odd one, with a lopsided apple set at the center.
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  Speaker 2: The artist's strokes are wide and expressive. But what makes
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  Speaker 2: Henry Pomerantz are the colors bright yellow strokes mix and
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  Speaker 2: meld with green and blue and the apple reveals itself
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  Speaker 2: from within a multitude of colors Admiring other details in
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  Speaker 2: the painting is a joy. In the background, there's another
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  Speaker 2: half-hidden apple covered by vibrantly colored folds of tablecloth. And nearby,
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  Speaker 2: there seems to be some kind of figure. Henry follows
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  Speaker 2: one particular stroke. watching how it starts at the leftmost
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  Speaker 2: edge of the painting in blue, before transitioning across the
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  Speaker 2: apple in green and yellow, and then sliding back into blue.
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  Speaker 2: The painter has a sense of humor, Henry decides, as
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  Speaker 2: he looks at the wild brushstrokes. There's a cheekiness to them,
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  Speaker 2: he thinks. Having had his fill of the painting, Henry
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  Speaker 2: turns to the description beneath it. He's surprised by the clear,
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  Speaker 2: handwritten print, which is uniform and neat as it snakes
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  Speaker 2: across and down the page. It's an interesting personal touch
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  Speaker 2: and something that fits in with the gallery's atmosphere perfectly. Smiling,
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  Speaker 2: Henry reads on. The writer describes how the painting arrived
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  Speaker 2: at the gallery. In an old piece of bubble wrap
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  Speaker 2: with an interesting letter attached to it. Henry glances back
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  Speaker 2: to the painting, envisioning its oddity covered completely, before going
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  Speaker 2: back to the story. The painting had once lived in
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  Speaker 2: the attic of a house, hidden away with other artworks
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  Speaker 2: under pieces of white tarp. Henry imagines it passing its
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  Speaker 2: days quietly through the years, collecting dust as it waits.
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  Speaker 2: Then the renovations begin. There's hammering and jostling all through
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  Speaker 2: the house for months. The owners finally take a look
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  Speaker 2: at the attic and begin clearing it out. The paintings
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  Speaker 2: are discovered soon after. The woman who finds them is
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  Speaker 2: surprised to realize that one of the portraits is her
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  Speaker 2: mirror image. It looks just like her, or rather her ancestor,
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  Speaker 2: who painted the self-portrait many years ago. After looking at
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  Speaker 2: the portrait curiously, then noticing the other paintings under the tarp,
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  Speaker 2: she calls to her husband to come and look at
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  Speaker 2: what she's found. When he does, he frowns a little
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  Speaker 2: and tells her the colors are all off. But she
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  Speaker 2: says that she likes them that way. As she's colorblind,
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  Speaker 2: she's often unable to see the same shades as other people.
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  Speaker 2: But these paintings, and whoever painted them, make her feel
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  Speaker 2: like she hasn't really missed out on much. The woman
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  Speaker 2: and her husband uncover the rest of the paintings and
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  Speaker 2: then sit down looking through them the whole afternoon. That evening,
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  Speaker 2: they decide that they'll keep three as keepsakes and give
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  Speaker 2: the rest away. The strangely colored paintings find their way
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  Speaker 2: into friends' homes and an old thrift store nearby. Some
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  Speaker 2: of them are sold online to new owners who appreciate
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  Speaker 2: the peculiarity of the artworks. And the apple painting makes
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  Speaker 2: its way to the anonymous art gallery. Henry smiles as
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  Speaker 2: he reaches the end of the sign. He wonders... If
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  Speaker 2: the woman in the story knows which ancestor of hers
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  Speaker 2: created those paintings, and why. Then he looks at the
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  Speaker 2: next piece. A sketch of a pair of glasses with
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  Speaker 2: a nose attached to them. It doesn't capture his attention
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  Speaker 2: as much as the apple painting did. But it does
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  Speaker 2: make him laugh as he gazes at it, noting the
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  Speaker 2: tentative strokes, which seem like signs of faltering confidence. A
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  Speaker 2: new artist, he thinks. And then, seeing the bulbous nose,
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  Speaker 2: resplendent in graphite, he revises the thought. No, a young artist.
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  Speaker 2: The sketch is quite good. The description explains that a
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  Speaker 2: waiter at a nearby restaurant found it while clearing up.
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  Speaker 2: Henry takes a closer look at the sketch, wondering how
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  Speaker 2: he had missed the distinctive texture of a paper napkin. Impressed,
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  Speaker 2: he moves on. Then he notices something peculiar. The warm
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  Speaker 2: light of the gallery shines down on the dark wooden floor.
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  Speaker 2: And there are spots where the wax has been rubbed
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  Speaker 2: off by feet. Some of these spots... are in front
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  Speaker 2: of particularly intriguing pieces of art. Henry finds this interesting.
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  Speaker 2: Perhaps the way the light bounces off the wood in
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  Speaker 2: such a specific way could count as art in and
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  Speaker 2: of itself. Habitual visitors have moved through the anonymous art
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  Speaker 2: galleries in a pattern, creating a visual representation of their movements.
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  Speaker 2: It also makes Henry want to follow in their footsteps
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  Speaker 2: and see what they saw as they saw it. So,
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  Speaker 2: taking care to check the way the light is reflected
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  Speaker 2: every so often Henry follows the path his predecessors set
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  Speaker 2: for him. First, he pauses in front of the brilliantly
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  Speaker 2: painted crest of a wave, which looks as if it
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  Speaker 2: were a photograph and not a painting. Then he moves on,
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  Speaker 2: around another partition, and stops in front of a shimmering pink,
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  Speaker 2: pastel lake. Next, there's a smiling girl in green ink,
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  Speaker 2: then a receipt filled with graphite sketches of eyes. Every
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  Speaker 2: artwork is different, and the stark uniqueness of each piece
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  Speaker 2: makes Henry pause as so many have before him some
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  Speaker 2: are drawn on paper and some painted on canvas but
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  Speaker 2: very often they're doodles on the back of a receipt
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  Speaker 2: on napkins or even a gum wrapper Each one has
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  Speaker 2: an equally compelling description, and as Henry reads them, he
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  Speaker 2: understands why so many people have stopped in front of
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  Speaker 2: them over the years. The collection, Henry thinks, shows artists
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  Speaker 2: expressing themselves freely, with no thought of fame or even recognition.
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  Speaker 2: It's pure creative expression. And although the artworks remain anonymous,
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  Speaker 2: somehow there's a sense of personality. The artists have put
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  Speaker 2: all of themselves into their art. As Henry muses, he
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  Speaker 2: rounds the corner and spots the biggest painting he's seen
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  Speaker 2: thus far. It stretches high above him, painted on a
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  Speaker 2: fading purple cloth with burn marks on its bottom left corner.
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  Speaker 2: With careful strokes, someone has painted tall mushrooms, each cap
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  Speaker 2: spotted and vibrant. The colors are layered together so well
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  Speaker 2: that each brush stroke seems to contain a spark. The
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  Speaker 2: realism of these mushrooms gives him a sense of being
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  Speaker 2: small by comparison, as though he's entered a fairytale world
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  Speaker 2: of giant things The artist seems to have known the
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  Speaker 2: effect that such tall mushrooms would have on someone. As
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  Speaker 2: Henry keeps looking, he can pick out a bright moon
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  Speaker 2: behind the mushrooms and clouds hovering by the stalks. Henry
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  Speaker 2: is astounded. He steps closer to the painting, noting the
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  Speaker 2: small flecks of paint on the stalks and the way
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  Speaker 2: the artist has painted an ethereal light coming from within them.
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  Speaker 2: The painted bioluminescence seems to pulse softly under Henry's gaze.
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  Speaker 2: As his eyes widen in wonder, Henry spends time on
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  Speaker 2: each part of the painting. He looks through the short
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  Speaker 2: grass painted by the base of the mushrooms and smiles
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  Speaker 2: at the small butterflies that dance between the blades. Then
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  Speaker 2: he gazes thoughtfully at the blurred background, wondering what stretches
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  Speaker 2: past this grove of mushrooms and what the artist envisioned.
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  Speaker 2: When he looks at the caps, he notices that each
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  Speaker 2: one is just a slightly different shade from the others.
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  Speaker 2: Henry is amazed by the amount of detail in this piece.
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  Speaker 2: which is painted on what looks like an old tablecloth. Intrigued,
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  Speaker 2: Henry looks at the description. As he reads, he realizes
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  Speaker 2: that the writer, with their neat handwriting, is just as
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  Speaker 2: astonished by the painting as he is. The writer seems
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  Speaker 2: excited about this artwork, and Henry smiles fondly, feeling a
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  Speaker 2: sudden kinship with this anonymous writer. Holding that feeling in
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  Speaker 2: his heart, he reads through the description. The painting is
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  Speaker 2: indeed on an old tablecloth, In fact, in the late 1970s,
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  Speaker 2: it once covered a family's dining table. Henry can see
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  Speaker 2: the dining room in his mind's eye. Unremarkable on the table,
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  Speaker 2: the cloth is protected by a table runner and then
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  Speaker 2: a clear plastic cover. The family eats at the table
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  Speaker 2: every day. The plastic shielding the tablecloth from the spills
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  Speaker 2: of their three children. As the children grow, the spills
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  Speaker 2: become less frequent, but the plastic remains. And so does
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  Speaker 2: the tablecloth's secret. the eldest son grows up and soon
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  Speaker 2: comes to own the house. In an attempt to modernize,
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  Speaker 2: he finally takes the plastic off and flips the cloth over.
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  Speaker 2: And there he finds the magnificent painting of the mushrooms
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  Speaker 2: and In the description, the writer comments on how lucky
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  Speaker 2: the gallery is considering that the man decided to gift
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  Speaker 2: the painting to them. Henry cannot agree more. The writer continues.
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  Speaker 2: Although many inquiries have been made regarding the sale of
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  Speaker 2: the painting the gallery has decided to keep it for
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  Speaker 2: a while longer. Henry sighs in relief. He doesn't know
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  Speaker 2: if he could ever afford this painting because in his
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  Speaker 2: personal evaluation, as the earlier sign put it, the artwork
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  Speaker 2: will always be priceless. The thought of being able to
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  Speaker 2: see this painting whenever he wants fills him with happiness.
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  Speaker 2: Henry crosses back and forth through the gallery, going behind
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  Speaker 2: and around partitions. He's following the path diligently, moving towards
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  Speaker 2: the back of the room. As he walks, Henry can
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  Speaker 2: see the end of the gallery drawing near. The gray
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  Speaker 2: expanse of the black wall is covered in framed pieces
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  Speaker 2: of various sizes. He remembers that this is the room
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  Speaker 2: where visitors can choose an artwork to take home in
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  Speaker 2: exchange for a donation. Henry surveys the collection, noting how
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  Speaker 2: some of the pieces are small enough to fit in
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  Speaker 2: his pocket. They all have various aspects that interest him,
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  Speaker 2: but he feels no instant spark or connection. And then,
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  Speaker 2: Just as he resigns himself to the idea of not
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  Speaker 2: taking anything home, he sees it. The woman in the
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  Speaker 2: black and white painting stares out at him, a teasing
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  Speaker 2: glint in her eyes. Her hair is coiffed, set perfectly
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  Speaker 2: in dark, waxed waves. Her eyes are shadowed slightly, but
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  Speaker 2: the color of her lips is what draws Henry in.
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  Speaker 2: It is a deep, rich shade of red that he's
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  Speaker 2: never seen before, and doubts he will ever see again.
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  Speaker 2: Like velvet on paper, the color calls to him. He
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  Speaker 2: picks up the painting, easing it off its hook. It's
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  Speaker 2: light in his hands and not too large. Henry knows
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  Speaker 2: he will treasure it for years to come. He wonders
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  Speaker 2: who the woman is and if she's a real person,
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  Speaker 2: what she's doing now. With these thoughts in his mind,
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  Speaker 2: Henry tucks the painting under his arm. As he walks
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  Speaker 2: towards the door he came in through, he reaches into
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  Speaker 2: his pocket and draws out his wallet. Then, He empties
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  Speaker 2: it of everything he has and places the money and
• 40:57
  Speaker 2: the metal box by the door. The room seems to
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  Speaker 2: breathe deeply for a moment. And then, with the painting
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  Speaker 2: in his hands and his wondering gaze set upon that
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  Speaker 2: shade of deep carmine, Henry exits the gallery. The bell
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  Speaker 2: chimes as the door closes softly behind him, almost as
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  Speaker 2: if its music is wishing him well. Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for watching. Thank you. So, Thank you.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you for watching.
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  Speaker 1: You