Lust for life

I just finished reading the book. I savored it over months, reading just a few pages each day. It was fun to read about something I knew nothing about, painting, coal miners, impressionism and the life of Vincent van Gogh. To think that I missed the exposition at the MFA right in front of my office, as well as the museum in Amsterdam…

I came to know about this book after someone pointed me to this memorial about Maryam Mirzakhan, according to which the book “exemplified her excitement about work and life in general.” I wish I had talked more to her when we crossed at Harvard.