What is the power of art in the face of death? InMaso is not content to muse on the relationship between life and art; she brings to life a bombardment of images and sounds, fashioning a pattern of astonishing complexity and beauty. The tough-mindedness, originality and wit of her perceptions are intoxicating.?While her father and best friend are dying, a young American woman tries to find the limits of love and the power of art in the face of the inevitable.