That if I wanted to give it away, I should donate it to the Brush and Chisel. Do you know what that is?” I’d been too stunned to ask, to do anything other than nod and say I would. Ressina’s ochre eyes softened. “It’s a charity for artists in need of financial help—to provide them and their families with money for food or rent or clothes. So they needn’t go hungry or want for anything while they create.”

