I was discouraged that the cool flowers I'd picked up at the
Morningside Park Green Market yesterday (named Rudbeckia "Henry Eilers,"
apparently) were looking so very glum until it occurred to me to seek
out one of Egon Schiele's unbeautiful flower pictures to send a friend
to express my dejection.
The startling similarity between Schiele's sunflowers and my coneflowers suddenly made everything seem alright!
There's some kind of lesson in this about the power of art... !