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A few days later, I thought I would destroy the paintings. I had done them; that was enough. They did not have to remain alive. But I could not destroy them. (330.3)
Asher paints Brooklyn Crucifixion I and II, knowing full well that the paintings won't exactly win him any friends in the Hasidic community. And yet he knows what he's painted is real and true, and to destroy these paintings would be to give in to career-destroying pressure. So Asher asserts his individuality and keeps right on painting. He's a real maverick if we've ever seen one. Sorry, Sarah Palin.