that's cool! and look, look — the signature ardan moments. i think that's rather wonderful. i like it. yeah. thank you so much for showing me all of that. shall i tell you what i find quite surprising? orientalism — it feels like something that today people are so critical of but you're engaging with some orientalist paintings in a reallyjoyful way. you're like, "these are great paintings!" yeah, because as an artist, i believe my eye. then, ifound myself in the world of orientalist or the patterns or the tiles or the carpets as a piece of an artwork, as already so important as it is. genuinely, you're sort of like, there's a respect for that tradition which you feel deeply. i do. i respect arts — that's why, maybe, yeah. i love the playfulness of ardan's work. there's a real coming