[lit-ideas] The Mona Lisa: An Unfinished Painting?

  • From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:21:32 EST


In a message dated 2/13/2010 12:37:36 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

I  paint.  Though it's still messy and the process is way  
short of  the certainty you describe, it is a manageable task, with an  
end  point.  Eventually a painting tells you when it's done.
 
--- In Italian, a painting it's feminine:
 
   "A painting tells you when _she_ is done."
 
            (with  you, I implicate she does?)
 
JLS


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