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But what really mesmerizes are the windows, and the speculations they invite about who lives behind them.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2022

“The painting completely mesmerized me, and it mesmerizes almost anyone who sees it.”

From New York Times • May 4, 2022

RELATED: Tilda Swinton mesmerizes as a woman possessed in Pedro Almodóvar striking take on "The Human Voice"

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2022

Recorded onto 8-track tape during one night’s performance, a half-century later it still mesmerizes.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2021

What is done from a genuine, strong, inward emotion, whether in writing or painting, always mesmerizes the paper, or the canvas, and gives it a power which every body must feel, though few know why.

From Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 by Stowe, Harriet Beecher