Donna Of Tartt. Goldfinch (№ 317160)

Well, the Dutch invented the microscope, she said. They were jewelers, polishers lenses. They wanted it to be more longer, because even the tiniest things something mean. When you see flies or insects in a still life, wilted petal, a black spot on the Apple - this means that the artist sends you a secret message. He tells you that live is short, that everything is temporary. Death in life. That's why they are called natures mortes. For all the beauty and bloom may not be able to tell at first, the little speck of rot. But worth a closer look - and here it is.