However, when we encounter phrases from poetry or historic events, our conversations turn into long explanations with both story telling and picture drawing.

然而，每当遇到古诗或者历史事件时，为了解释其中的缘由，我们的对话总是会转变成一长串‘看图讲故事’。

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Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is a speaking picture.

画是无言的诗，诗是有声的画。

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Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is a speaking picture.

画是无言之诗，诗是有声之画。

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Digital manipulation emphasizes the placement and the posture of the figures just enough to give them a speaking presence, and the stormy sky of the first picture and the nocturnal cast of the second breathe poetry.

NEWYORKER: Flashes of Light