Narrative

Similar to Hopper's painting the narrative is also set inside an office.
The subject is a solitary Journalist who spends most of his time working in his office and has little contact with the outside world. He has hidden himself away into the darkest place in his office with the arrangement of the bookcase and the curtain and can only see light seeking in past the books and the slated window which hides the kitchen.
In this story the temptaion no longer takes human form. The smells coming from the kitchen and the natural light coming from the well glazed kitchen will catch his attention.
The light at the end of the hallway reveales a flight of stairs to a hidden room will make him curiously want to wander down.
But the slanted cieling of the hallway will force him to crawl on his knees to reach the stair. This gesture intends to breach the professionalism that he is so intent on maintaining.
As in Hopper's painting the subject is confronted with a choice.......