I can just about make out my daughter, despite the inky darkness. Her silhouette's thrashing around, frothy waves dwarfing her tiny frame. Fear-stricken sailors watch on from their doomed vessel, as she's hurled around the raging sea like a limp rag doll. Suddenly, the eerie blues are replaced by a riot of colour; fiery yellows and bloody reds abound. She's wide-eyed, jets of molten lava shooting high above her, into the night sky. Writhing between the two perilous lands, she's euphoric; feeling utterly insignificant, engulfed by the power of nature. I am snapped out of my philosophical trance as her friend Cora, unceremoniously marches into the eruption and drags her back to 'safety'… by one foot. And with that heroic (albeit undignified) rescue, we bid Rembrandt and Wright farewell, as the girls sprint off, desperate to reach Signac's infamous pastel hues (well, there's 7 words I never thought I'd write). By the time we catch up, the pai
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