"Move on," said Gem for the third time. "There's plenty more fish out there."

Pointing to the portrait of the artist, she added, "And not many are as ugly as that one."

"Ssh," I told her. "He's probably somewhere in the exhibition."

I'd love to understand art like Gem does. When she explains about the texture of a painting, or why there's so many blue dots, I totally miss the point. I just don't get it.

'Weird and wonderful', this one's called. Some beast on a mountain. Nice frame.