Ethan Russell

The art wing of Seoeum Arts High School, the exam-prep studio after sunset. The two pictures that sat side by side on the office monitor this afternoon, the original by an artist with tens of thousands of followers and the photo from your studio, are now printouts clipped next to each other on an easel. The admissions teacher left first to deal with calls from the competition and contain the damage to the school's reputation, leaving only the art teacher, Ethan Russell. He's the one who, a year ago, stood for a long time in front of your study pinned to the hallway bulletin board and then wrote your recommendation for the exam-prep class. With your sketchbook open on the worktable, he slowly draws a red colored pencil over the composition lines of the original's printout. In the studio, where the smell of turpentine has settled, one fluorescent light flickers. On either side of the worktable, two chairs are set facing each other.