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Wallpaper From Raskolnikov's Room

"Raskolnikov turned to the wall where, from among the little [white] flowers on the dirty yellow wallpaper, he picked out one clumsy white flower with little brown lines and began studying it: how many leaves it had, what sort of serrations the leaves had, and how many little lines. There was no feeling in his arms and legs, as if they were paralyzed, but he did not even try to move and went on stubbornly staring at the flower." (F.Dostoevsky "Crime and Punishment" 1865)
If you think that I draw a piece of wall, then you are absolutely right. I did draw a piece of wall with yellow wallpaper from Raskolnikov's room, a piece of his world, something that he saw every day. I draw the "clumsy flower" too. So you can find it (it is somewhere there) and... stare stubbornly like he did😐.
(Due to the word combination/key words I think I must add: should not be confused with "The Yellow Wallpaper" (1892) by Charlotte Perkins. Which is also a very good story.)