We're all so desperate to be understood, we forget to be understanding.
— Beau Taplin

— Beau Taplin
Calligraphy, Harvard Art Museums: Calligraphy
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia Size: 33 cm (13 in.) Medium: Two calligraphic works partially mounted as a handscroll (no roller); ink on paper
What any given work of fiction almost certainly means when it uses the word “ottoman”:
What I see in my head: