--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: I'd painted nearly every surface in the…" description: "\"“I'd painted nearly every surface in the main room. And not with just broad swaths of colour, but with decorations- little images. Some were basic: col..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47f/sarah-j-maas-58_a-court-of-mist-and_i-d-painted-nearly-every-surface-in-the_1305448.jpg" --- # I'd painted nearly every surface in the main room. And not… ![“I'd painted nearly every surface in the main room. And not with just broad swaths of colour, but with decorations- little images. Some were basic: colours of icicles drooping down the sides of the threshold. They melted into the first shoots of spring, then burst into full blooms of summer, before…” quote by Sarah J. 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Mor went up to the large hearth, where I'd painted the mantel in black shimmering with veins of gold and red. Up close, it was a solid pretty bit of paint. But from the couch... 'Illyrian wings,' she said. 'Ugh, they'll never stop gloating about it.' But she went to the window, which I'd framed in tumbling strands of gold and brass and bronze. Mor fingered her hair, cocking her head. 'Nice,' she said, surveying the room again. Her eyes fell on the open threshold to the bedroom hallway, and she grimaced. 'Why,' she said, 'are Amren's eyes there?' Indeed, right above the door, in the centre of the archway, I'd painted a pair of glowing silver eyes. 'Because she's always watching.' Mor snorted. 'That simply won't do. Paint my eyes next to hers. So the males of this family will know we're both watching them the next time they come up here to get drunk for a week straight.' 'They do that?' They used to.' Before Amarantha. 'Every autumn, the three of them would lock themselves in this house for five days and drink and drink and hunt and hunt, and they'd come back to Velaris looking halfway to death but grinning like fools. It warms my heart to know that from now on, they'll have to do it with me and Amren staring at them.”” [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. The narrator describes painting a room with seasonal motifs and personal symbols, reflecting memory, power dynamics, and the desire to be seen and acknowledged. **In simple terms:** Painting reflects memory and power; characters want recognition. Key Takeaway Use art to express identity and claim space. Themes memory power art relationships Mood reflective intimate Type literary descriptive When to use this quote - home decoration - family gatherings - rituals - conflict resolution Key Concepts symbolism identity visibility Questions to Reflect On - How does art shape perception of space? - What does the painted eyes signify? 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