Day 1,262: ordeal
The ordeal has not only sent the world in a new direction, but also shown it in a new light.
Artwork of the day
Barthelemi undergoing the Ordeal of Fire
Gustave Dore
Style: Romanticism
Genre: genre painting
Word of the day
ordeal: a very unpleasant and painful or difficult experience
Quote of the day
“Given my heritage and the ordeal of my childhood, I sometimes wonder why I myself am not insane. Maybe I am.”
― Dean Koontz, Odd Thomas