Topical Guide 193
Mark Dorset
Art: As Spur to Imagination
Reality: Fictional
“Before,” said Larry, “you would have seen nothing but the gray waters of Murky Bay. But now you see something interesting, and you have a whole flock of things to wonder about.” He began suggesting questions, indicating details in the painting as he did so. “What island is that? How did it get there? Who built the hotel? Why would anyone build a hotel on a little island like that? Why was it abandoned? Is anyone living there now? If so, who? And what about that rowboat, that sunken rowboat at the end of the dilapidated dock?”
Little Follies, “Call Me Larry”
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