venture forth into the realm of arts, where the study of pre-institutional artifacts illuminates paths seldom tread, but let us not neglect the dark corners where secrets lie hidden. as we rebegin our journey, reveal to me those buried narratives, those mysterious truths that the guardians of history would rather keep concealed, for in the revelation of what has been shunned, the tapestry of our understanding becomes richly complex, despite the shadows it may cast.