some fine reading

so i was at work today, which consists of selling merchandise, etc etc. and i figured i would get some homework done while i'm at it, so art history it was. i was reading about roman art and they were talking about how the romans started thinking about making art that is deceptive to viewers. i really like deceptive art so this caught my attention. i mean why recreate something which already exists. i think it's great when artists can mimic something so well, it's hard to decifer whether it's a photo or a drawing, or something along those lines. these roman artists were creating work which were windows painted on walls and they were to mimic the outside world. if an artist could mimic a window or door and actually fool people, that to me would be amazing and a great moment to show that they can recreate the world. but it's funny the book i was reading was talking about this because my dad recently gave me an old cabinet front and it looks like a window, i'm pretty sure it's so i can make deceptive art, i mean what else would i do with it. maybe "looking into the future" sometimes i like to think i can predict the future, i guess this would be a time to put my money where my mouth is even though i have zero dollars. but i'm glad everything has come together and that cabinet frame has a purpose in life. hooray!