*She's a woman, you're a dude. You're not supposed to understand her. That's not what she's after.... She doesn't want you to understand her. She knows that's impossible. She just wants you to understand yourself. Everything else is negotiable.*

-- Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash

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**Muse in Trance**, 2006, acrylic on fiberboard, 25 x 20 cm / 9.84" x 7.87

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