[Jane told him that at the time, of course. But it didn't sink in until she was gone.]
If you just look at something and look away, it's gone a second later. But if you sit down and paint it, you're spending hours with it. Everything it means to you, it sorta stretches out. You're not just memorizing it, you're making it all over again on a canvas. Even when that moment's gone, at least you have a painting of it. And that painting's not even about the thing you just painted. It's like... it's your time together.
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[Jane told him that at the time, of course. But it didn't sink in until she was gone.]
If you just look at something and look away, it's gone a second later. But if you sit down and paint it, you're spending hours with it. Everything it means to you, it sorta stretches out. You're not just memorizing it, you're making it all over again on a canvas. Even when that moment's gone, at least you have a painting of it. And that painting's not even about the thing you just painted. It's like... it's your time together.