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in language and in the
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plastic arts, but she is--
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importantly, I think--not a writer.
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You'll note, if you look at 384,385,
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where the tapestry is described,
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there is still some whiff of that fragility.
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And I see that in the admonition
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that is hung next to the tapestry
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and that Priscilla repeats when Calvin reaches out to touch it.
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She says, "Please do not touch."There is that sense
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that this is still something that needs to be protected.
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Now, why the terror? Why the fragility?