Tilly screamed. Anna__ shocked brain only registered annoyance at the sound. Really, when had someone screaming ever solved a problem? She recognized her fixation on this irritation as her own way of avoiding the horror in front of her, but only in a distant and dreamy sort of way.
Art can blow us out of our pigeon hole. In deafness it may shout or scream, in blindness it may arrest our attention, in numbness it may shake up our mind. If we don__ sense anything at all and take everything for granted, art can kick us in the ass, give a conscience and make us aware. ("When is Art?")
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Art can blow us out of our pigeon hole. In deafness it may shout or scream, in blindness it may arrest our attention, in numbness it may shake up our mind. If we don__ sense anything at all and take everything for granted, art can kick us in the ass, give a conscience and make us aware. ("When is Art?")
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