Ever since I was a child, I’ve been drawn to reading folk tales and mythologies. I think because I was making sense of my own world at the time, I was equally interested in how people of ancient cultures explained what was going on around them.

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I drew on art history survey courses I’d taken in college. I stared at art images online in between writing sessions, wandered in and out of art museums in Boston and London, and bent the ear of a local artist about her process of creating. Every piece, place, and technique I explored got poured into this story to make the art world real for the reader.

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In the grips of a pandemic, we’re remaking our lives to stay home when possible, and stay safe always. In ordinary times, so much aloneness would be a godsend to a writer.

But day after day, as the celery root made way for carrots, garlic, persimmons, and so on, I began noticing things in the finished photos that my own eyes hadn’t seen.