I'd just returned from a short trip, four days away on business, and I swear that Agustina was fine when I left, I swear nothing odd was going on, or at least nothing out of the
ordinary, certainly nothing to suggest what would happen to her while I was gone, except for her own premonitions, of course, but how was I to believe her when Agustina is always predicting some catastrophe; I've tried everything to
make her see reason, but she won't be swayed, insisting that ever since she was little she's had what she calls the gift of
sight, or the ability to see the future, and God only knows the trouble that's caused us.
Second, he set his
sights on generating a new set of aesthetics: dissatisfied with intellectual, high - brow fine art (the sort represented by abstract expressionism and classical sculpture), he wanted to promote more accessible types of art,
made from everyday objects, which
ordinary people could relate to without difficulty.