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A woman walks past a painting by American artist George Condo titled "Pink and Orange Abstraction," in the Mental States exhibition of his work at The Hayward Gallery on Oct. 17 in London.

A young laborer dips earthen lamps into paint Monday in Amritsar, India, ahead of the Hindu festival of Diwali. Photo by Narinder Nanu /AFP /Getty Images.

Terri Witek is the Art & Melissa Sullivan Chair in Creative Writing at Stetson University. She is the author of "The Shipwreck Dress," (2008, Florida Book Award Winner), "Carnal World" (2006), "Fools and Crows" (2003), and "Courting Couples" (2000 Center…