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badseedgirl's review against another edition
5.0
Fourteen years ago, I took seven six-year old cub scouts to the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville, TN. In a rare moment of solitude, I reached out and touched the brush strokes of one of the paintings. That day will be forever remembered by my little gang of Cub Scouts as the day "Aunt Badseed" was yelled at by a docent at the Frist. Only one person got in trouble while at the museum and it was me. And guess what, I regret nothing because this is the same museum which forced me to explain to a six-year old boy why a dress made out of dried pig intestines is considered art!
So I total get and understand the concept behind this story. To this day I still get a little thrill when I remember the feel of that painting, the texture is etched in my memory and always will be.
So I total get and understand the concept behind this story. To this day I still get a little thrill when I remember the feel of that painting, the texture is etched in my memory and always will be.
jercox's review against another edition
4.0
What if some paintings were actually doors... This is amusing and well written.
suannelaqueur's review against another edition
5.0
These Tor.com stories are so well-written and so much freakin' fun!
marasto's review against another edition
5.0
this was so cool oh my god i love the concept and the writing ahhh
amshofner's review against another edition
4.0
Do Not Touch is for people who...
...enjoy stand alone short stories
...have always been suspicious of paintings in museums
...like subtle romances
...have always wanted to travel back in time
...like French, France, and Moulin Rouge
...have neon blue panties
...have wondered "What if?"
Do Not Touch was a free book I read on Tor's website on June 26, 2013 for the Why Buy the Cow? reading challenge.
...enjoy stand alone short stories
...have always been suspicious of paintings in museums
...like subtle romances
...have always wanted to travel back in time
...like French, France, and Moulin Rouge
...have neon blue panties
...have wondered "What if?"
Do Not Touch was a free book I read on Tor's website on June 26, 2013 for the Why Buy the Cow? reading challenge.
heypretty52's review
4.0
Ever wished you could traipse through Monet's garden or feel the warmth of Van Gogh's Starry Night? Maybe ayou can.
A near-perfect jewel of a story.
A near-perfect jewel of a story.
keu482's review
4.0
Another Tor.com short story
Liked this one, the characterization was perfect and the premise was interesting, if not very original.
Liked this one, the characterization was perfect and the premise was interesting, if not very original.
aoutrance's review
5.0
But just like the paint retains Dalí’s melting clocks and bleak red-cliff landscapes or the frenetic mix of batshittery that is Bosch’s three-panel opus, it also keeps feelings, a pervasive mood. Nothing is so beautiful and depressing as tumbling into a Van Gogh, because the colors are searing and the sun is ambrosial, and everything around you is convinced of its abject failure, every painting is a desperate bid for relevance and the bitter knowledge of likely disappointment.wow, really going for the knees there. ouch. the concept of falling through paintings into a world that contains both the imagery and the emotional depth of the artist is? amazing? great? and somehow kind of reminiscent of super mario 64.
Lane does a lot of emotional eating after the Van Goghs.
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