The art gallery security guard listened in amazement to the young couple"s comments. “Look at that fabulous suffusion of colour. Isn"t it wonderful the way the yellow intertwines with powerful brush strokes into the green. The whole painting simply breathes life,” the girl was telling her companion. They were the third couple visiting the art exhibition within the past half hour who had seemed to find the picture fascinating. The previous couple had decided it was “stupendous,” while the couple before had enthused over its technical and artistic merits. This latest girl seemed rather more taken with the work than the boy did, describing the none-too-delicate swirling brushwork as the epitome of the artist"s inner feelings and latent spirituality. The security guard mused to himself ove

