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This painting already knows what you carry alone...
There is a specific kind of suffering reserved for people who are too capable to be allowed to fall
apart
The moment you show you can carry something, the world hands you more.
A painting from 1853 understood this before we had language for it.
And Millais hid three separate confessions inside it, Most people only see one.
I made a video about the philosophy behind it : https://youtu.be/11RA9_r-JZA?si=cb3EbjO-ypq0HjFb
u/just_average_1212 — 2 days ago