The Matisse Stories Damien Simonis She set out to meet

She set out to meet some of the strangers who had written to her during her years in the hospital: a teenage girl in Florida also recovering from cancer

and how further research triggers new avenues of study—and how all of this impacts their everyday lives

this book takes us on a fascinating and richly illustrated global tour of diverse contemporary art forms

bestselling author and branding expert Fiona Humberstone will take you on a comprehensive journey

The Matisse Stories Damien Simonis She set out to meetEach story is in some way inspired by a painting of Henri Matisse, each is also about the intimate connection between seeing and feeling about the ways in which a glance we meant to be casual may suddenly call forth the deepest reserves of our being. Their subjects' lives unravel from simple beginnings a trip to the hair dresser, a cleaning woman's passion for knitting, lunch in a Chinese restaurant but gradually the veneer of ordinariness is peeled