
The Fire Dance, by Paul Gauguin (1891)
I’ve been forced to surrender to chaos outside of my control one other time in my life. My house burned down in September 2014. It happened fast — they suspected accelerant was at play — and my husband, dog, and I ran out the front door at 11 pm, barefoot in pajamas, never to return. I didn’t think to take anything …
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