Painting of a smiling woman with closed eyes who leans back into a small, guitar-playing bluebird with a long beak singing into her ear. Behind them both is a field of yellow stars against a dark blue-and-red background.

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“Her Cup of Stars.” Oil pastel on canvas; 14” x 11”. “Insist on your cup of stars; once they have trapped you into being like everyone else you will never see your cup of stars again.” Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House.