Fearful symmetries, courtesy of plastic and packing tape

Anna Hepler's "The Great Haul," at the Portland Museum of Art in Maine. (Scott Peterman)

By Sebastian Smee

Globe Staff / August 8, 2010

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One of the cruelest burdens we impose on artists is the obligation to talk about their work. It’s not that artists should somehow — like children of yore — be seen and not heard. They are often the most articulate and insightful of commentators. (And why wouldn’t they be? It’s their work.) (Full article: 2120 words)