This so much harder to do with writing. Writers tease out the details keeping the reader turning the pages. I usually set out the entire picture on one canvas.

In a painting the young man who opened the door would occupy a central position. Tiara's studio with it's elegant Japanese furnishings a part of the background. The wood framed futon I slept on. Its mattress cover patterned with white cranes. Suggested in the background.

The endless stairs in the new SFMOMA might also be visible in the background. I should have taken the elevator.

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