virtuality is its own reward
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A small hill, on which is standing a tall rectangular obelisk. The obelisk has a minimalist face seen in profile: a long, straight nose and a vertical line for an eye. It looks very much like the "talking head" icon designed by Susan Kare for pre-OS X Mac system software. It is facing right. The scene is at night: the sky is dark blue and starry. The hill and obelisk are a dark indigo. Coming out of the face's mouth is a large glowing white-green speech balloon. It hangs in the air, glowing like an apparition. Standing at the base of the obelisk is a person. To the right of the person is a long ladder, leading up into the speech balloon. The person looks like they are about to climb the ladder. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".
