Day 1,506: yoke

China’s artists are yoked to its message.

China’s economic malaise is causing disillusion among the young

Artwork of the day 
Girl with a yoke
Konstantin Makovsky
Original Title: Девушка с коромыслом
Date: 1874
Style: Romanticism
Genre: portrait

Word of the day 
yoke: something that connects two things or people, usually in a way that unfairly limits freedom

Quote of the day
“The ox feels the yoke, but does the bird feel the weight of its wings?”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm