The Painter Who Used Silence as Color
Art Made From What Cannot Be Seen
A painter created landscapes with no pigment at all. Critics ridiculed him—until one person stood before a blank canvas long enough to hear faint melodies hidden inside the silence. The painter explained: “Not all beauty is visible. Some must be listened into existence.”
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