Reminds me of the Van Gogh from "Heretics of Dune" (written in 1984). > The Ixians had been at their best in the preservation and restoration. An observer cou

Reminds me of the Van Gogh from "Heretics of Dune" (written in 1984). > The Ixians had been at their best in the preservation and restoration. An observer could touch a dark spot on the lower left corner of the frame. Immediately, you were engulfed in the true genius, not only of the artist, but of the Ixian who had restored and preserved the work. His name was there on the frame: Martin Buro. When touched by the human finger, the dot became a sense projector, a benign spin-off of the technology that had produced the Ixian Probe. Buro had restored not only the painting but the painter -- Van Gogh's feeling -- accompaniment to each brush stroke. All had been captured in the brush strokes, recorded there by human movements. > Odrade had stood there engrossed through the whole performance so many times she felt she could recreate the painting independently.