now she could be viewed up close in this painting ; he knew her , yeseven closer in his mind : his musing emblazoning her with features , with attributes of his idealization , emblazoning her with a guise to whom he felt infinitely connected and for whom he felt infinitely responsible : this half-existing , half-mutated reverie of what comprised her persona merged seamlessly now with the image he saw before him in this paintingthere could be no doubt , none at all that he and this young blossom were inextricably linked .