Love is definitely not about art.
So Leila claimed, who knew everything about the Impressionists and Realists. She studied the era of romanticism in university, but avant-garde trends interested her much more. Leila regularly visited various exhibitions, travelled abroad and talked with lots of fascinating people, raising topics about work and sometimes life. All that could catch her attention was a conversation with an art critic or an online broadcast of the Christie's auction. She, too, tended to experience loneliness, although she enjoyed it and did not consider it a signal to pick up a random guy. And her lifestyle was going to last forever if she had not been so disorganized. Nevertheless, «creatively» erratic mind, to add insult to injury, radically changed her life.
Caring exclusively about everything except of mundane life, she forgot to make an appointment with her dentist. That is why she was sent to the doctor on duty. Since Leila was not a person of the system, this small change did not upset her. She had been already terribly bored with the stories of Dr. Turton about summer picnics and the benefits of cycling. The only thing that irritated her was the taxi driver, who was speaking non-stop. He managed to make the nerves that as soon as she reached her destination, she paid him and rushed off.
It was not difficult to understand that Leila was exceptional personality. This was amusing to “high minds”, but depressed for people accustomed to the typical behaviour. She just lived as she felt, and she simply could not fall in love differently. The orthodontist on duty made an ambiguous impression on her by not drawing attention to her jokes, and sometimes even answering no less sarcastically. Leila, having enjoyed this session, invited the doctor as a joke for a date. To her surprise, he quickly agreed. This event was supposed to happen on Friday and she did not experience any emotional instability or any sort of expectations.
She, as always, did not bother to arrive on time. Only after spending an evening with a complete stranger Leila did change. Her confidence evaporated, and her absent-mindedness doubled. One morning, she was nearly hit by a car because a hurricane was going on in her head. She cancelled all appointments for the coming week and told the head of the gallery that she was sick. Paintings faded into the background. The only one she continued to see was a mysterious orthodontist. Every single meeting filled her with some unknown power, that she began to notice a rapid pulse and dizziness. Inside her everything turned upside down. Each of his gesture or hug was imprinted in her memory and did not allow to close her eyes at night. She carefully listened to everything he talked about, whether it was unknown to her dentures or the preparation of desserts, to which, until recently, she had been indifferent. She was not even horrified when she found out that he dreamt of conquering some mountain peak. With a little thought, she decided that she would be able to motivate herself to share this experience together with a help of paintings with mountains. Her cheeks burned with only one mention of him, and her eyes were filled with a piercing spark.
The new feelings were not about inspiration or peace of mind, but rather about devastation, giving in return something completely new. She ceased to be ironic in everything around her. Her movements, glances, speeches screamed “deep affection” which knocked her dead. She even joined mutual dinners with the orthodontist, although previously meals were always accompanied by loneliness. Many things have changed, but the most significant was the state of euphoria, which was the result of the presence of love in any corner of her life.
Love is definitely not about art. As it has no logical explanation and it afflicts much stronger than works of the most illustrious geniuses.
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