Author Archives: Theodora Goss

It seems a silly question. We go to the museum to look at art, to learn about it, to gain pleasure from it. But I think going to the museum is particularly important for writers. It’s part of a writer’s … Continue reading →

And here, finally, are five paintings I’ve included specifically because I want to display them in Mother Night’s house. Of course, her house contains all the paintings that have ever been painted, but there is a sort of rotating display, … Continue reading →

It was difficult selecting the images to include in these posts. There were so many magnificent items in the collection, room after room of English Aestheticism, French Art Nouveau, German Jungenstil. There were Stickley chairs and bureaus, and Tiffany lamps, … Continue reading →

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is located in Richmond, Virginia. Regional museums like the VMFA are even better places to learn about art, I think, than the large national museums like the Met, the Boston MFA, or the National … Continue reading →

Have I mentioned that I’m in Virginia? No, I know I haven’t, but here I am, surrounded by acres of forest and pasture: horse country. Today, I drove down to Richmond, to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. I’ll write … Continue reading →

Hyacinth told me how Merlin broke his heart. We were sitting in the tower room, on the first floor. (My bedroom was right above, on the second floor. I always stay in the tower room when I go to Mrs. … Continue reading →

I get ideas for stories from all sorts of strange places.  Sometimes, perhaps usually, several things come together and connect in my mind.   Something like that happened today, and I thought I would document it.  So, just in case you … Continue reading →