THE SURPRISE OF ART
Is there any greater joy than the experience of deep knowing? When you step through the bottom of familiar into wonder and bliss. Megan Mecado A painting took me by surprise just now. I’d moved it to photograph it and then someone arrived so I rushed out to open the gate, leaving the painting propped up. When I came back in I’d forgotten about it and so as, a bit later, I walked past it, it caught my eye. In a flash of recognition mixed with unfamiliarity and surprise I saw