‘The inventor of painting … was Narcissus … What is painting but the act of embracing by means of art the surface of the pool?’ Leon Battista Alberti
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Narcissism and how to survive it
Recognising, living, breaking through
‘The inventor of painting … was Narcissus … What is painting but the act of embracing by means of art the surface of the pool?’ Leon Battista Alberti