The Only Door That Opened When the Others Closed

tubes of paint.

She sorted them by color, placing the cobalt blue, the burnt umber, and the titanium white into neat rows on the small wooden cart beside the easel.

Some of the tubes were nearly empty, twisted and squeezed from the bottom to get the last bit of color onto her palette.

She found a tube of sky blue paint, the cap stuck fast with dried acrylic.continue reading …