
Matisse Stories
Each story is in some way inspired by a painting of Henri Matisse, each is also about the intimate connection between seeing and feeling -- about the ways in which a glance we meant to be casual may suddenly call forth the deepest reserves of our being.
Their subjects'' lives unravel from simple beginnings -- a trip to the hair dresser, a cleaning woman''s passion for knitting, lunch in a Chinese r...
Each story is in some way inspired by a painting of Henri Matisse, each is also about the intimate connection between seeing and feeling -- about the ways in which a glance we meant to be casual may suddenly call forth the deepest reserves of our being.
Their subjects'' lives unravel from simple beginnings -- a trip to the hair dresser, a cleaning woman''s passion for knitting, lunch in a Chinese r...