The Sin of Height - 2

Odilon Redon. Eye Baloon, 1898. 

The Sin of Height

"Sarah Bernhardt confesses that she is temperamentally drawn to ballooning because 'my dreamy nature would constantly transport me to the higher regions.' On her short flight she is provided with the convenience of a plain, straw-seated chair. When publishing her account of the adventure, Bernhardt whimsically opts to tell it from the chair's point of view." 

 - Julian Barnes, "The Sin of Height", Levels of Life