Role

Chapter 3

note to Velkurah Lorhan Odrirg Jaegrudai Taborlaan
The image on this canvas is intriguing and at first glance, you detect a sincere
effort to tell a story or portray an actual or symbolic event. You are privy to
a moment of reflection. A golden haired elf stands before a perplexing series
of five paintings that are hung at careful intervals on an otherwise bare, white
wall. She stands with her back to you, but her face turned as she puzzles out
the progression in her work. The painting on the far left is rife with a chaotic
display of brilliant colors and careless brush strokes. You cannot make out the
actual image on that particular canvas, and though the bright splashes of paint
are appealing to the abstract eye, you feel disoriented and uneasy as you drink
it in. Close examination of the next three paintings reveals a steady, consistent
and very noticeable improvement, as if the artist learned from her mistakes on
each canvas and took dramatic steps to correct them on the next. At last, you
see that her eyes are focused on the final of the five, the canvas at the far right.
A satisfied smile plays on her lips as she studies the image, which is aesthetically
pleasing, a work defined by clean, crisp lines, subtle colors and precise attention
to detail. Mounted on the bottom center of this canvas is a tiny bronze plaque
that reads "In Order, I find Beauty... Minya"