As beautiful as Vermeer’s paintings are, when I look at them in real life (especially compared to other painters of the same era), I find them rather flat and lifeless. The colors themselves are gorgeous and the technique impeccable, but the women seem not alive- but a still life somehow is so much more vibrant, full of motion and color. Am I the only one who thinks this? What do you think?
Whatever we choose to do in this existence, there’s another one out there in which we’re doing quite the opposite, which renders free will meaningless. Nothing but an illusion. — Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018) dir. David Slade
