Imagine you were about to be working in this revered artist’ home. What was in store for you was fate of a maid, whose skin would be cracked by soaking your hands in bleached water, walking in bitter cold along the canal to the meat market, your back hurt from cleaning, hauling the water, and your mind numb from involvement in this ever growing family and caught in between. But you were no ordinary maid. You were a mind of sharp perception and intuition for colors and shapes, and yet you were at a tender age of sixteen.
This small and seeming petty novel is no longer trivial to you. You will be transported to another place, another time. It is a like a magic. Trust me. It worked for me.
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I don't know if every one else has taken my approach. I'm on my way and just crossed the eight-pointed star circle in the square. I'm sure you are all far beyond this point. Did you stop and ponder what this starred circle means?
Agreed, and it has worked for me as well. Enjoyed the stories, scenaries, personalities, and the mundane and trivials of 17th everyday life. It is like looking through a "looking glass".
The perception of color and depicition of the creations of colors are a wonderful extension to our Color Purple reading.
Well said!
两位领导精辟独到的见解让我们大开眼界！
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