Rites of Passage
For most of the past week, we were sorting through hundreds of identical jigsaw puzzle pieces. Apart from minor variations in shape, each one was exactly the same as all the others; all precisely the same shade of green. It seemed as if our search for meaning would never end.
And then Shana had a brainwave. “How about if we turn the pieces the other way up?” she said.
And sure enough, there was a picture on the other side of the pieces. A picture that slowly revealed itself to be “Passage to San Marco”, by Bob Pejman. Unfortunately, you can’t buy the original oil painting of this picture any more. According to Pejman’s website, he sold it for a measly $65,000. What on earth was he thinking of? How’s he gonna support himself if he just gives his stuff away like that, huh? Anyhow, I think we got a much better deal with the jigsaw puzzle version: a snip at £3.
