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Strangers on the Commute: Painting Faces We Almost Knew | The Book & Beyond
In this episode of The Book & Beyond, host Caoimhe Howell explores the profound creative and ethical dimensions of painting portraits of strangers encountered during daily commutes. This discussion moves beyond technical art advice to examine how fleeting observations of fellow travelers can serve as powerful exercises in empathy, memory, and narrative construction. Listeners are invited to consider why we feel compelled to assign entire histories to people we will never speak to, transforming transient moments into permanent artistic interpretations.
The episode delves into the intersection…
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