Napoleon going somewhere or other. Not sure where, but it must be important.

Here's a small image of a magnificent picture that I happen to like.

If you believe that ambiguity is essential in art, please go away.

I believe that a key function of art is to refine and distill qualities that are not entirely evident or accessible in ordinary life; really to present their quintessence. Or some such rot ...

Anyway, courtesy of David, I give you: