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24: The Museum

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September 15, 1877 One afternoon I joined YY2789 on a trip to The British Museum. We were no longer allowed to visit the museum without the company of a Friend, and I was intrigued to see what had become of the storied institution. For most Londoners, the museum would no longer be enjoyable. More a site of collective trauma than anything else. All the paintings had been sold off in public auctions, as Friends would purchase great works for fractions of their prior values. In their place were pieces from Friend artists. Most strangely to me, almost all the art was merely recreating the great masters. Rembrandt's self-portrait was a particularly odd one. His face was swapped with that of a Friend, seemingly ignorant of the definition of a self-portrait. Surreal is an overused word in the hushed conversations we have amongst ourselves, outside the ears of any Friends. But The British Museum was truly surreal... As I entered a room of portraits, I remember the feeling of squinting my eyes. Trying to pretend I was in a dream. What if the walls were all violet? What if I was in some extended delirium? What if... I could only wish. -CV

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