Happy Monday! This morning I’m staring at inanimate objects. Mostly because I’m feeling brain dead, but let’s go with it! Imagine that these objects are sitting in an empty room, moments before your character walks in. Then what?

William Brooker, Still Life in a Harsh Light, 1975. Oil on canvas. York Art Gallery, York, United Kingdom. 

Taca Zhijie Sui, Untitled from the Odes… series. Photograph. www.tacasui.com

Pablo Picasso, Still Life with Glass Under the Lamp, 1962. Linoleum cut. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.