Chloe Salmon

Ask.

I've always deeply regretted it, especially because I know I couldn't make another one like it now.

A few years ago, I messaged him explaining my regret and asking if I could buy it back.

He sheepishly admitted he'd given it to a friend as a wedding gift, and when I asked if I could have the friend's name to reach out to him, he didn't respond.

Fast forward to this month, the purchaser, who is also a musician, DMed me asking permission to use my name in a song about said friend.

The line is, I gave you my name's painting.

The idea of a song about friendship is nice, and I don't mind from a privacy perspective, so I said yes.

But what I really wanted to say was, I want my painting back.

I still think about it and get sad.

Oh, this is a bummer.

Oh, it's so sad.

Oh.

Yeah, it's like, to me, this is one of those rare questions where I have...

Yeah.

I mean, see, this is why I can't be an advice columnist because I would write back and I would say, you know, let's collab on a strongly worded –

Let's show up at his house.

Let's do a heist.

Yeah.

So I guess the question they're asking is if they should try and reach out to the person who now has the painting.

That's fair.