Cézanne’s art captures the continual rebirth of existence.

Evidence

As he wrote of Cézanne in a beautiful essay, ‘Only one emotion is possible for this painter — the feeling of strangeness — and only one lyricism — that of the continual rebirth of existence.’ — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 746

Categorization

• SEED: ‘Continual rebirth of existence’ and ‘feeling of strangeness’ could anchor an essay on how close observation renews the ordinary.
• FICTION: The emotional profile — strangeness plus continual rebirth — is a usable template for a protagonist’s perceptual stance.