“Well, I know that sometimes a painting can put your mind in a different place—I’ve experienced that already. It can be pretty powerful, and change the way you see things. But the opera had all these different musical ideas, one after another, and it took time to get through it all. I suppose if it was a really big painting . . . like on a wall.”
“Okay, get out of here,” Golyat Thornapple said. “I’m ready to go to bed. Drop around tomorrow after you’ve read up on murals.”