Describe the picture

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On page 10 in scene 1, Rothko instructs Ken on how to look at his paintings. He says: "Rothko: What do you see? Wait. Stand closer. You’ve got to get close. Let it pulsate. Let it work on you. Closer. Too close. There. Let it spread out. Let it wrap its arms around you; let it embrace you, filling even your peripheral vision so nothing else exists or has ever existed or will ever exist. Let the picture do its work – But work with it. Meet it halfway for God’s sake! Lean forward, lean into it. Engage with it! … Now, what do you see? – Wait, wait, wait! So, now, what do you see? – Be specific? No, be exact. Be exact – but sensitive. You understand? Be kind. Be a human being, that’s all I can say. Be a human being for once in your life! These pictures deserve compassion and they live or die in the eye of sensitive viewer, they quicken only if the empathetic viewer will let them. That is what they cry out for. That is why they were created. That is what they deserve… Now… What do you see?" Taking his instructions as a guide, tell me what you see in the attached painting. This is Henri Matisse's "The Red Studio" that Rothko describes on page 27. What do you see? Describe the painting for me, paying attention not just to content, but form and style, too. You should describe it in such a way that someone you're describing it to can form a mental image of the work even if they've never seen it. The implication here is that your description should be detailed.

For this assignment, write a summary of Scene 2 from "Red" by John Logan. This summary should just summarize (no analysis, no interpretation, no explanation) and just provide a description of what happens in Scene 2 from the play.